French oil company Total SA TOT -0.19 % said Thursday that it has agreed to sell a gas pipeline and gas terminal in the North Sea to North Sea Midstream Partners for 585 million pounds ($905 million) as it battles against the oil price collapse. Total will sell the 362-kilometer Frigg U.K. Pipeline and the St. Fergus Gas Terminal. The company recently embarked on a restructuring plan to bring its extraction costs below market price, which includes cutting investment, selling assets and boosting production. It said in February that it plans to shed $5.5 billion worth of less-profitable assets this year in an attempt to raise overall profitability to offset the negative effects that low oil prices are having on its balance sheet. The company had long struggled with overcapacity in European refining. European demand for petroleum products has dropped 15% since 2008, the company said earlier this year, […]