TotalEnergies MILITARY

Research date: 28 October 2026 Target: TotalEnergies SE Scope: Israeli defence procurement, military fuel supply chains, strategic infrastructure, dual-use products, occupied territories, integrated subsidiaries and controlling principals.

Direct Defence Contracting & Procurement

Israeli Ministry of Defence and IDF procurement

No public evidence identified of a direct procurement contract, tender award, framework agreement or memorandum of understanding between TotalEnergies SE and the Israeli Ministry of Defence, Israel Defence Forces, Israel Prison Service or Israel Border Police.

Documented commercial infrastructure relationship. TotalEnergies SE reports a 5% interest in the Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan (BTC) crude oil pipeline, an infrastructure asset connecting Azerbaijan’s petroleum sector with export facilities on Türkiye’s Mediterranean coast.^{1, 2}

INPEX independently identifies TotalEnergies as a 5% BTC shareholder and BP as the pipeline’s operator; the same disclosure identifies SOCAR, Eni, ExxonMobil and other investors in the ownership structure.²

Oil Change International’s 14 March 2024 investigation, based on research by Data Desk, identified Azerbaijan as a significant source of crude oil imports into Israel and included TotalEnergies among international oil companies connected to relevant petroleum infrastructure.³

The follow-up investigation published on 19 August 2024 examined 65 crude oil and refined-product shipments delivered to Israel between 21 October 2023 and 12 July 2024; its findings concern petroleum supply chains and do not individually establish a TotalEnergies contract with an Israeli military purchasing authority.⁴

Act record - BTC ownership

• Acting entity: TotalEnergies SE, through its disclosed BTC investment.
• Asset: Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline.
• Direct commercial beneficiaries: BTC pipeline participants and commercial petroleum shippers.
• Potential downstream recipients: Israeli crude oil importers identified at the broader supply-chain level by independent investigations.
• Channel: TotalEnergies corporate disclosure on totalenergies.com; INPEX shareholder disclosure on inpex.com; independent reporting on oilchange.org.
• Earliest observation: BTC operations commenced in 2006, with TotalEnergies’ contemporary 5% holding independently confirmed in the sources reviewed.
• Latest observation: Corporate information available during the October 2026 research.
• Status: The ownership relationship is presented as current in the retrieved corporate information; termination was not established.
• Military-end-user contract: no public evidence identified.
• Direct cargo-level attribution: Not established.
• Relationship to occupied territories: No specific territorial delivery location established from the cited ownership records.^{1, 2, 3, 4}

Defence trade directories

No public evidence identified of TotalEnergies SE being listed as a supplier to Israeli defence authorities in a verified SIBAT entry, military trade directory or Israeli defence exhibition catalogue.

Defence cooperation announcements

No public evidence identified of a TotalEnergies announcement describing a defence cooperation agreement with the Israeli government, Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries or Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

Dual-Use Products & Tactical Variants

Aviation fuels

TotalEnergies Aviation publicly markets JET A-1 aviation turbine fuel alongside aviation gasoline and sustainable aviation fuel; its product offering is presented as a commercial aviation-fuel portfolio.⁵

The company’s JET A-1 technical page states that this fuel is compatible with civilian and military jet aircraft, helicopters and other turbine-powered aircraft, and references British DEF STAN 91-091, ASTM D1655 and NATO F-35 technical specifications.⁶

These disclosures establish that TotalEnergies markets a fuel technically suitable for military aviation, but they do not identify Israel as the purchaser or the Israeli Air Force as an end-user.^{5, 6}

Act record - JET A-1 product communication

• Acting entity: TotalEnergies Aviation, using the commercial brand identified on its product website.
• Product: JET A-1.
• Intended recipients: Aviation customers generally.
• Israeli military beneficiary: Not established.
• Channel: Corporate product descriptions on aviation.totalenergies.com.
• Earliest observation: The reviewed pages provide no reliable original publication date.
• Latest observation: Pages retrieved during October 2026 research.
• Status: Product offered on the publicly accessible website at the research date.
• Public communication audience: General aviation customers and website visitors.
• Communication duration: Original publication date and continuous availability period not established.
• Military-specific Israeli modification: no public evidence identified.^{5, 6}

Tactical product variants

No public evidence identified of a TotalEnergies product variant specifically engineered, contract-modified or advertised for Israeli military tactical use.

Civilian and military end-user distinction

Oil Change International’s petroleum investigations describe national fuel-supply systems through which imported crude oil can be refined into fuels used by civilian and military customers; the available reports do not establish that every imported barrel, or every shareholder in the producing or transport infrastructure, is directly contracted to an Israeli military end-user.^{3, 4}

End-user certification

No public evidence identified of a TotalEnergies end-user certificate naming the Israeli Ministry of Defence or Israeli Air Force.

No public evidence identified of a defence-specific export authorisation covering TotalEnergies fuel sold directly to Israeli security forces.

Heavy Machinery, Construction & Infrastructure

Heavy equipment in occupied territories

No public evidence identified of TotalEnergies-branded heavy machinery being used to demolish Palestinian property, construct settlements, maintain military checkpoints or build the separation barrier.

Petroleum infrastructure

The BTC pipeline is a 1,770-kilometre international crude oil pipeline linking Baku and Ceyhan, with INPEX reporting an operational capacity of approximately 1.2 million barrels per day and commercial operations beginning in June 2006.²

TotalEnergies’ Azerbaijan disclosure separately identifies its 35% participation in the Absheron gas and condensate field and 5% participation in BTC.¹

These assets are located in Azerbaijan and along the international pipeline route to Türkiye; the company disclosures do not identify either as infrastructure constructed inside an Israeli settlement.^{1, 2}

Act record - Absheron participation

• Acting entity: TotalEnergies SE through its disclosed Azerbaijani investment.
• Asset: Absheron gas and condensate development.
• Operator: JOCAP, identified in the corporate Azerbaijan disclosure.
• Direct beneficiaries: Participants in the development and commercial gas and condensate customers.
• Military beneficiary: no public evidence identified.
• Channel: TotalEnergies corporate country disclosure.
• Earliest dated operational observation: 2023 production start.
• Latest observation: Company disclosure available during October 2026 research.
• Status: Presented as an operating development in the retrieved corporate disclosure.
• Israeli military supply: no public evidence identified.¹

Construction and engineering contracts

No public evidence identified of TotalEnergies SE constructing, maintaining or expanding Israeli military bases, detention facilities, military checkpoints, military roads or settlement infrastructure.

Occupied-territory logistics

No verified TotalEnergies construction or equipment deployment was established in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, or in the occupied Golan Heights.

Supply Chain Integration with Defence Primes

Supply to named Israeli defence manufacturers

No public evidence identified of a verified direct supply contract through which TotalEnergies SE provides components, specialist chemicals, propulsion materials, engineering services or fuel to Elbit Systems, Israel Aerospace Industries, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems or Israel Military Industries.

Petroleum infrastructure and intermediary entities

INPEX identifies the BTC venture’s shareholders as SOCAR, BP, MOL, TPAO, Eni, TotalEnergies, Itochu, ExxonMobil, ONGC and INPEX; these are commercial petroleum infrastructure interests rather than a documented consortium of Israeli defence manufacturers.²

Oil Change International’s investigation connects international petroleum infrastructure ownership and upstream production to crude oil reaching Israel, but does not establish that TotalEnergies supplied a particular component to an Israeli weapons manufacturer.³

Brazilian upstream partnerships

A Spring 2024 TotalEnergies shareholder publication identified the company’s participation in Brazilian offshore petroleum projects including Libra, Iara, Atapu, Sépia and Lapa, and described a long-term partnership with Petrobras.⁷

On 4 June 2025, TotalEnergies announced an agreement between TotalEnergies EP Brasil and Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda involving an exchange of interests in Gato do Mato and Lapa, with the proposed Lapa ownership structure including TotalEnergies, Shell and Repsol Sinopec.⁸

The announcement specified that completion was subject to customary conditions and regulatory approvals; the announcement itself therefore does not establish the precise completion date.⁸

Act record - Brazilian offshore participation

• Acting entity: TotalEnergies EP Brasil, identified in the June 2025 corporate announcement.
• Counterparty: Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda.
• Other named participant: Repsol Sinopec.
• Assets: Lapa and Gato do Mato.
• Intended beneficiaries: Commercial petroleum development participants.
• Israeli military recipient: no public evidence identified.
• Channel: TotalEnergies corporate announcement hosted on totalenergies.com.
• Earliest relevant observation: Existing Brazilian interests documented in Spring 2024.
• Latest dated transaction announcement: 4 June 2025.
• Status: Transaction announced; completion not independently established from the announcement.
• Military use: no public evidence identified.
• Public communication audience: Investors, counterparties, media and general public.
• Communication duration: Published 4 June 2025 and retrievable during October 2026 research.^{7, 8}

Joint development and technology transfer

No public evidence identified of a TotalEnergies joint weapons-development programme, licensed military manufacturing arrangement or defence technology-transfer agreement with an Israeli defence prime.

Logistical Sustainment & Base Services

Petroleum imports and downstream military fuel

Oil Change International’s March 2024 investigation identified Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan among Israel’s principal crude oil supply sources and listed international energy companies, including TotalEnergies, with ownership or operating interests in associated infrastructure.³

Its August 2024 follow-up recorded 65 shipments of crude oil and refined products to Israel from 21 October 2023 to 12 July 2024; 35 reportedly departed their origin ports after 26 January 2024.⁴

The investigations described military fuel requirements as part of the context for examining Israel’s petroleum imports; they did not provide a verified procurement contract making TotalEnergies SE the direct supplier to an Israeli military installation.^{3, 4}

On 19 March 2025, Oil Change International again publicly identified TotalEnergies alongside BP, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and Eni in its criticism of international companies’ ownership and operation of petroleum projects contributing to Israel’s fuel supply.⁹

Act record - independently reported petroleum supply-chain connection

• Acting entity: TotalEnergies SE, through its BTC equity interest and relevant petroleum-sector investments.
• Immediate commercial counterparties: Pipeline and upstream project participants.
• Downstream geographic destination: Israel, as reported in the specialist supply-chain investigations.
• Specifically identified military purchaser: None established.
• Channel: Corporate investment disclosures and independent reports published on oilchange.org.
• Earliest relevant observation: Shipment study commencing 21 October 2023.
• Subsequent dated observations: 14 March 2024, 19 August 2024 and 19 March 2025.
• Latest company ownership observation: Corporate disclosure available during October 2026.
• Status: BTC ownership presented as current; precise dates of individual Israel-bound shipments attributable to TotalEnergies remain unverified.
• Continuity after 19 July 2024: The August 2024 publication confirms continuing public scrutiny of the supply chain, but the cited 65-shipment dataset ends on 12 July 2024.
• Continuity after November 2024: Oil Change International reiterated its claims in March 2025, but this is not independent cargo-level proof of a particular later TotalEnergies shipment.^{1, 3, 4, 9}

Military base fuel services

No public evidence identified of TotalEnergies operating fuel depots, military refuelling facilities or logistics services under direct contract with Israeli military bases.

Geographic specificity

The reviewed sources do not identify a TotalEnergies fuel delivery made specifically to an Israeli military installation in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, occupied Golan Heights or Negev.

Shipping and port services

The BTC venture’s terminal destination is Ceyhan in Türkiye, and its published infrastructure description identifies a crude oil export pipeline rather than a defence freight service.²

No public evidence identified of a TotalEnergies shipping or port-handling contract specifically covering weapons, ammunition or Israeli defence cargo.

Munitions, Weapons Systems & Strategic Platforms

Weapons manufacturing

No public evidence identified of TotalEnergies SE manufacturing small arms, artillery, combat aircraft, armed drones, military ships, armoured vehicles or other weapons systems for Israeli armed forces.

Munitions and explosive precursors

No public evidence identified of a direct TotalEnergies contract to supply ammunition, warheads, explosive charges, military propellants or dedicated munitions precursors to Israeli defence manufacturers.

Strategic systems

No public evidence identified of TotalEnergies SE manufacturing or integrating components specifically intended for Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow, Israeli combat aircraft or Israeli military armoured platforms.

Purpose-built targeting software

No public evidence identified of TotalEnergies developing or supplying software whose primary designed output is a kinetic targeting decision or weapons effect for Israeli forces.

Fuel compatibility and weapons-system attribution

TotalEnergies Aviation’s JET A-1 product page describes compatibility with military aircraft and aviation fuel specifications; it does not identify any particular Israeli aircraft, fleet, squadron or military procurement contract as a customer.⁶

No public evidence identified of a TotalEnergies fuel delivery specifically contracted for an Israeli strategic weapons platform.

Export Licensing, Regulatory & Legal History

Defence export licences

No public evidence identified of an Israeli military end-user export licence granted to TotalEnergies SE.

No public evidence identified of a defence-specific export authorisation that was denied, suspended or revoked in relation to TotalEnergies’ supply to Israeli armed forces.

Export sanctions and enforcement

No public evidence identified of an enforcement action against TotalEnergies SE specifically for violating an arms embargo or defence export-control rule concerning Israel.

Legal challenges

No public evidence identified of a court judgment establishing that TotalEnergies SE directly supplied weapons or military equipment to Israeli security forces.

No public evidence identified of a completed judicial proceeding specifically determining TotalEnergies’ legal responsibility for military use of BTC-origin crude oil.

Corporate policy and responses

In an unrelated 24 August 2022 controversy concerning alleged fuel supplies to Russian military aircraft, TotalEnergies publicly denied producing kerosene for the Russian army or supplying fuel to Russian military aircraft.¹⁰

That statement concerns Russia and does not establish the company’s contractual position regarding the Israeli military.¹⁰

Act record - 2022 public communication

• Acting entity: TotalEnergies SE.
• Audience: Media, investors and general public.
• Subject: Allegations concerning Russian military aviation fuel.
• Channel: Corporate newsroom on totalenergies.com.
• Publication date: 24 August 2022.
• Latest observation: Archived company statement accessible during October 2026 research.
• Status: Historical public communication; withdrawal or replacement not identified.
• Israeli military relationship addressed: None.¹⁰

Civil Society Scrutiny & Documented Investigations

Specialist petroleum supply-chain investigation

Oil Change International published a March 2024 investigation commissioned from Data Desk examining the countries and companies associated with Israel’s crude oil and fuel supply chains.³

The organisation’s August 2024 follow-up extended that examination to a dataset of 65 petroleum shipments reaching Israel between October 2023 and July 2024.⁴

On 19 March 2025, Oil Change International again named TotalEnergies among international petroleum companies whose investments it associated with Israel’s oil supply.⁹

Act record - civil society publications

• Acting entity: Oil Change International.
• Named company: TotalEnergies SE.
• Intended audience: Public, policymakers, investors and energy-sector stakeholders.
• Channel: Independent civil-society publication on oilchange.org.
• First dated publication in reviewed series: 14 March 2024.
• Subsequent observations: 19 August 2024 and 19 March 2025.
• Latest retrieved observation: October 2026.
• Status: Publications remained publicly accessible during research.
• Communication duration: The original March 2024 investigation remained accessible more than two years after publication.
• Documented company response specifically addressing these Israel allegations: no public evidence identified.^{3, 4, 9}

Company structure and controlling principals

TotalEnergies SE identifies Patrick Pouyanné as its chairman and chief executive officer; the company’s governance description confirms that the chairman and CEO performs the general management responsibilities of the listed corporation.^{11, 12}

Its board disclosure lists 14 directors as of 29 May 2026 and identifies Jacques Aschenbroich as Lead Independent Director.¹³

The company’s 2026 investor information presents a dispersed ownership structure comprising approximately 74.0% institutional ownership, 16.9% individual ownership and 9.2% employee ownership, subject to rounding.¹⁴

A June 2025 corporate announcement separately reported employee ownership of approximately 8.8% following the relevant capital increase; the figures relate to different observation dates.¹⁵

No individual shareholder holding at least 10% was independently established from the reviewed aggregate shareholding disclosures.^{14, 15}

Named-entity record

TotalEnergies SE - listed parent and target. Screened for military contracts, fuel logistics, Israeli defence customers, settlement activities, export licences and sanctions. Verified: 5% BTC interest and commercial aviation-fuel portfolio. Direct Israeli military contract: no public evidence identified.^{1, 5}

Patrick Pouyanné - chairman and CEO. Searched in the initial executive and defence-industry screening. Verified: chairman and CEO of TotalEnergies, with additional corporate governance roles described in his official biography. No Israeli military-channel transaction was independently established.¹²

Jacques Aschenbroich - Lead Independent Director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual military-affiliation investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Marie-Christine Coisne-Roquette - director. Included in governance screening. Corporate biography identifies her Sonepar and Colam Entreprendre roles. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Lise Croteau - director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Marie-Ange Debon - director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Valérie Della Puppa-Tibi - employee shareholder director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Romain Garcia-Ivaldi - employee director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Glenn Hubbard - director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Slawomir Krupa - director. Included in governance screening. The official biography identifies his Société Générale leadership. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Anelise Lara - director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Helen Lee Bouygues - director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Laurent Mignon - director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Dierk Paskert - director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

Angel Pobo - employee director. Included in governance screening. No Israeli military-channel act independently established; exhaustive individual investigation remains incomplete.¹³

BTC Pipeline Company - infrastructure venture. Searched for ownership, route, operation and Israeli petroleum supply. Verified: TotalEnergies is a 5% shareholder and BP is operator. Specific Israeli military procurement contract: no public evidence identified.^{2, 3}

BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Limited - BTC operating-group entity. Screened through BTC ownership and operating records. Verified: BP is identified as pipeline operator. No contract establishing TotalEnergies’ direction of a particular Israeli military delivery was identified.²

SOCAR - BTC shareholder. Screened through BTC venture disclosures and Azerbaijan petroleum supply research. Verified: BTC ownership participation. No specific SOCAR–TotalEnergies military co-supply agreement established.^{2, 3}

INPEX - BTC shareholder. Screened through the published project ownership record. Verified: its 2.5% interest and independent disclosure of TotalEnergies’ 5% interest. No Israeli military procurement arrangement established.²

Eni - BTC shareholder. Screened through BTC ownership and petroleum supply investigations. Verified: 5% BTC interest. No joint TotalEnergies–Eni Israeli military contract established.^{2, 3}

ExxonMobil - BTC shareholder. Screened through BTC ownership and petroleum supply investigations. Verified: 2.5% BTC interest. No joint TotalEnergies–ExxonMobil Israeli military contract established.^{2, 3}

TotalEnergies EP Brasil - Brazilian upstream entity. Screened for petroleum production, offshore partnerships and possible Israel-bound crude. Verified: named party to the June 2025 Lapa transaction. No Israeli military end-user contract established.⁸

Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda - Brazilian transaction counterparty. Screened through the Lapa agreement. Verified: counterparty to the proposed June 2025 asset exchange. No military purpose for that transaction established.⁸

Petrobras - Brazilian upstream partner. Screened through TotalEnergies’ offshore portfolio. Verified: long-term commercial partnership and shared participation in Brazilian petroleum development. No direct TotalEnergies–Petrobras Israeli military supply contract established.⁷

Repsol Sinopec - Lapa participant. Screened through the June 2025 transaction announcement. Verified: named as a participant in the proposed post-transaction Lapa ownership structure. No Israeli military end-user established.⁸

JOCAP - Absheron operator. Screened through the Azerbaijani corporate disclosure. Verified: operator of the Absheron development. No Israeli military supply contract established.¹

Shareholder and governance continuity

The TotalEnergies board reaffirmed its confidence in Patrick Pouyanné’s leadership in a statement dated 25 September 2026, providing a dated observation of continuing executive authority.¹⁶

The company reported that its April 2025 employee capital increase followed a previously authorised shareholder resolution, confirming a formal employee ownership programme rather than a single controlling employee shareholder.¹⁷

The 2025 board composition published in the shareholder newsletter provides an additional historical governance reference for changes between the 2025 and 2026 reporting dates.¹⁸

TotalEnergies’ official Board of Directors composition effective 29 May 2026 confirms that Slawomir Krupa became an independent director at the shareholders’ meeting on that date, with a term extending to 2029. Mark Cutifani does not appear among the 14 directors in the official composition. This confirms the existing audit’s identification of Krupa as a director under “Named-entity record” and supports its statement under “Company structure and controlling principals” that the board comprised 14 directors as of 29 May 2026. Any alternative 2026 director listing identifying Cutifani as a member of that board is inconsistent with the company’s official composition for that date. The omission establishes that Cutifani was not among the directors listed in that composition; it does not independently establish whether he held a board position at an earlier date or explain any departure.^{13, 19}

Settlement-related civil society scrutiny

No authenticated company-specific finding was established from the reviewed evidence showing TotalEnergies SE directly constructing or operating infrastructure in an Israeli settlement.

No individually verified OHCHR settlement-database entry naming TotalEnergies SE was established.

Boycott and divestment actions

Oil Change International publicly called for international petroleum companies to end business relationships that it associated with Israel’s military fuel supply chain, specifically naming TotalEnergies among the companies criticised in March 2025.⁹

No public evidence identified of an institutional divestment decision explicitly and exclusively attributable to a verified TotalEnergies contract supplying Israeli military equipment.

Corporate response concerning Israel

No public evidence identified of a TotalEnergies statement directly rebutting the specific Israel petroleum supply-chain findings published by Oil Change International.

No public evidence identified of a verified contract termination, shipment embargo or Israeli military end-use monitoring commitment announced by TotalEnergies in response to those investigations.