French firm Total suspends oil work amid Brunei-M'sia spat

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French oil company Total said today it had suspended exploration work in an oil block off Borneo island due to a territorial dispute between Malaysia and Brunei.

Total, leader of a consortium which last year won a Brunei tender for one of two huge offshore blocks, said it was "surprised" that Malaysia had entered territorial claims on the area.

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