Marc Ducros, after seven years spent with Technip and nearly two years with UHDE France, joined Total in 1976 as head of E&P Projed Assessment. He was then assigned as a manager in Paris and Asia. He has given Project Management courses with Total Professeurs Associés (TPA) and with IFP-training. Gabriel Fernet, spent his entire professional career with Total, as a lawyer and negotiator. After the negotiation of exploration permits (Uranium, Oil & Gas), he was mainly involved in development projects : Alwyn (UK), Hidra (Argentina), Yadana (Burma), etc. He has given Projed Management courses with Total Professeurs Associés (TPA) in Jordan (for (raki students), Iran, Indonesia and China.