NLNG Train 4 First Shipment

Total S.A.
23 January 2006



             Nigeria: Total receives First Shipment from NLNG Train 4

Paris, January 23, 2006 - Total announces that its first cargo of Liquefied 
Natural Gas (LNG) from  Nigeria LNG (NLNG) train 4 left Bonny Island today bound 
for Spain, as part of the 1.15 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA) sales and  
purchase agreement signed between Total Gas & Power Ltd. and NLNG to off take 
LNG from trains 4, 5 and 6.

NLNG's Train 4 started production in fourth quarter 2005 and Train 5 is 
currently being prepared to start in  February. These two trains will increase 
NLNG's production capacity by 8 MTPA to over 17 MTPA. Train 6, currently under 
construction, will further increase the plant capacity by 4 MTPA.

Total holds a 15% stake in NLNG, a Nigerian Joint Venture company whose other 
shareholders are the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (49%), Shell 
(25.6%) and ENI (10.4%).


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