The change of command just seen at Total, Statoil and BG has shown another upset in the continuity of management at Europe's oil majors, a fault line that has now been running for the last decade.
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Reuters: European oil firms suffer decade of disruptions to succession plans
October was a particularly bad month with Total rushing through its succession plan after its charismatic boss Christophe de Margerie died in a plane accident.
