Appointment

Total S.A.
09 March 2006

                                  NOMINATION

  Michel Benezit Appointed Director General of Refining and Marketing for Total

Michel Benezit who was previously Director of Exploration and Production for
Northern Europe has been named President of Refining & Marketing for Total from
April 1st 2006.  He will also become a member of the Group's Executive 
Committee.  Michel Benezit succeeds Jean-Paul Vettier who was the President of 
Refining & Marketing for 13 years and who made this part of the Group one of the 
most successful among the oil majors.

Michel Benezit, born in 1955, is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole des
Mines. In 1980, he was appointed Director of mining and energy in New Caledonia,
based in  Noumea, then  held various positions in government ministries in
France. He joined Total in 1986 as head of planning for Total Petroleum North
America in Denver (USA). In 1989, he became managing director of Total Austral
in Argentina.  Upon returning in Paris in 1992, he became Vice President of
Total's activities in Gas, Electricity and Coal, before becoming Vice President,
Europe with Total Refining and Marketing in 1993.  A  member  of the  Group 
Management Committee since May 1995, he became Vice President Overseas in July
1995.

He was appointed Vice President, Exploration and Production, TotalFina in July
1999. He was Senior Vice President, Africa, Exploration and Production of
TotalFinaElf from 2000 to September 2003. Since 2003, he had been Senior Vice
President Northern Europe, Exploration and Production Division.

Total is the fourth largest oil and gas company in the world with operations in
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
on the company's website: www.total.com

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