Transaction in Own Shares

Total S.A.
5 January 2005


Re:  Notice of repurchase of Ordinary Shares of TOTAL

Please be advised that in connection with TOTAL's share repurchase program,
TOTAL S.A. reacquired 2,626,068 of its ordinary shares, nominal value 10 euros
per share, in December 2004, through trades executed on the Paris Bourse.




                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange