Drilling Report

Total S.A.
11 January 2006


            Confirmation of the Potential of the Gengibre Find
                in Ultra-Deepwater Block 32 Offshore Angola

Paris, January  11, 2006 - Sociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola
(Sonangol) and Total announce that the Gengibre-2 appraisal well confirmed the
potential of the early 2005 Gengibre-1 discovery well in Block 32 in the Angolan
ultra-deep offshore.

Located around 2 kilometers from Gengibre-1 in a water depth of 1,697 meters,
Gengibre-2 encountered a number of objectives before reaching a total depth of
4,342 meters. During two tests, it flowed at 4,540 barrels of oil per day from a
Miocene reservoir and 5,100 barrels of oil per day from an Oligocene reservoir.

The Gengibre find is located in the eastern section of Block 32, around 17 
kilometers from the 2003 Gindungo discovery and 12 kilometers from the 2004 
Canela-1 discovery. Technical studies are underway for joint development of the 
discoveries.

Sonangol is the Block 32 concessionaire. Total operates the block with a 30%
interest, alongside Marathon Oil Company (30%), Sonangol  E.P. (20%),  Esso
Exploration and Production Angola (Overseas) Limited (15%) and Petrogal (5%).


Total is Africa's leading international oil producer, with output of 813,000 
barrels oil equivalent per day in 2004. The Group had equity production of 
164,000 barrels oil equivalent per day in Angola in 2004, where it is pursuing a 
major development program.


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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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