Operator
Operator
Good day and welcome to the TOTAL First Quarter Results Conference Call. Today’s conference is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Patrick de La Chevardière, CFO. Please go ahead, sir. Patrick de La Chevardière: The current restructuring plan has improved the Refining & Chemical segment by high-grading the assets and lowering the breakeven. This year, we announced a new roadmap that expands the restructuring program by specific - current restructuring plan has improved the Refining & Chemical - hello, Patrick de La Chevardière here. Hello, Patrick de La Chevardière here. Hello, Patrick de La Chevardière here. Hello, Patrick de La Chevardière here. Today is World Safety Day and this is the reminder that safety is our number one priority every day at TOTAL. Our safety performance improved last year, but our goal is continuous improvement. That is why all of our teams will spend some time today for focusing on safety, emphasizing the importance of our 12 golden safety rules. We want everyone to go home safely. Turning now to our financial results, we reported $2.6 billion of adjusted net income or $1.13 per share for the first quarter 2015, compared to the previous quarter this is a decrease of only 7%. Related to the 30% drop in Brent, this clearly demonstrates that TOTAL is very resilient in a weaker environment. The first quarter environment was marked by much lower oil prices, but there were some mitigating effects, mainly the Downstream environment was very positive with strong European refining margins and better conditions for marketing. Also we were helped by the first positive result of our cost-reduction program, higher production, as well as the stronger dollar. In the Upstream, we had significant production growth in first quarter 2015, 7% more than fourth…