Angola's Deep Offshore BBLT

Total S.A.
26 January 2006


                 Angola's Deep Offshore BBLT Comes on Stream

Paris, January 26, 2006 - Total announces that the Belize field, part of 
Angola's deep offshore BBLT (Benguela-Belize-Lobito-Tomboco) Development, has 
been brought on stream in Block 14.

Total has a 20% interest in BBLT, alongside Chevron (operator), Sonangol, Eni
and GALP.

Located 80 kilometers offshore in nearly 400 meters of water, the BBLT
Development, including the first phase of the Belize and Benguela fields,
comprises an integrated drilling and production platform hub facility, supported
by a Compliant Piled Tower (CPT), with tieback to the Lobito-Tomboco subsea
wells. BBLT's combined production is forecast to peak at 200,000 barrels per
day.

Total is a leading operator in the fast-growing Angolan oil industry. The Group
is forecasting a significant increase in its production, thanks to the ramping
up of output from Block 17-where current production of more than 240,000 barrels
per day from Girassol and Jasmim is expected to double when Dalia is brought on
stream in 2006-and the potential of the very deep offshore Block 32, in which
four discoveries have already been made.
 

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more than 130 countries. Total's activities cover the whole energy chain of the 
petroleum industry: exploration, oil and gas production, refining and marketing, 
trading and power generation. The Group is also a major player in chemicals. 
Total has more than 111,000 employees worldwide. More information can be found 
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