UK North sea: major success of appraisal of Wes...

TOTAL S.A.
                  Total has announced today a significant increase in the potential of the West
Franklin field in the Central Graben Area of the UK North Sea, following the
drilling of the West Franklin B appraisal well.

The West Franklin field is located in Blocks 29/5b and 29/4d, approximately 240
kilometres east of Aberdeen and 4 kilometres west of the Franklin wellhead
platform, from where it was drilled. Total is the operator (35.784%) and is now
considering options for the next phases of development of the field, all of
which will maximise synergies with existing Elgin Franklin facilities.

West Franklin, which exports via Total's Elgin/Franklin installations, was
discovered in 2003 and brought into production in 2007. It is the deepest high
pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) development to date in the UK Continental
Shelf (UKCS).

The West Franklin well encountered a very good quality Upper Jurassic reservoir
and was tested with a rate of 985,000 standard cubic metres per day (m3/d) of
gas and 314 standard m3/d of condensates on a 26/64' choke. It is currently
producing at a rate of 2.6 million standard m3/d.

West Franklin is currently producing 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day,
and is expected to produce 45,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day. Ultimate
resources have been significantly increased and are now estimated at close to
200 million barrels of oil equivalent with additional drilling.

Following on from the recent success of the Jura development and the Islay
discovery, West Franklin B will help to further extend the productive life of
the UK North Sea and cement Total's presence on the UKCS.

Total operates the Elgin/Franklin fields and the West Franklin field on behalf
of partners Elgin Franklin Oil & gas (Total E&P UK Ltd, 35.784%; GDF SUEZ,
10.389%), Eni UK Limited, BG Group, Eon Ruhrgas UK North Sea Ltd, Chevron,
ExxonMobil, Dyas and Oranje-Nassau.

Total Exploration and Production in the United Kingdom

Total is one of the leading oil and gas producers on the UK Continental Shelf,
with equity production of more than 260,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in
2007. It continues to invest heavily and remains committed to the UK North Sea,
and recently brought on stream the Jura field. Based in Aberdeen, Scotland, the
company owns and operates a cluster of fields in the Alwyn Area of the northern
North Sea, the Elgin and Franklin fields in the Central North Sea and the Otter
field northeast of Shetland. The Company also operates the St. Fergus gas
terminal and a gas transportation system, and has interests in a number of
non-operated fields. Total also holds interests in the West of Shetland area
where it is finalizing the development studies of the Laggan/ Tormore gas
discoveries.

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