Drilling Report

Total S.A.
25 July 2006

     Oil Discovery in the Moho-Bilondo Permit in the Republic of the Congo

Paris, July 25, 2006 - Total (operator, 53.5%) announces an oil find in the
Moho-Bilondo exploration permit, located around 80 kilometres offshore the
Republic of the Congo, in water depths ranging from 600 to 900 metres.

Drilled to a total vertical depth of 2,269 metres, the Mobi Marine 2 wel1
identified two new oil-bearing structures at the base of the Upper Miocene over
a combined thickness of around 30 metres. This discovery is the first step in a
process designed to add further reserves to the current Phase 1 development of
Moho Bilondo. The new resources are being appraised and a development plan is
being prepared. 

Launched in late August 2005, the initial Phase 1 development plan for the Moho
Bilondo project comprises 12 subsea wells tied back to a floating production
unit (FPU) whose output - around 90,000 barrels per day at peak - will be
exported to the Djeno terminal. The field is scheduled to come on stream in
2008.

Total E&P Congo's partners in Moho-Bilondo are Chevron Overseas Congo Ltd.
(31.5%) and Societe Nationale des Petroles du Congo (SNPC -15%).

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