Transaction in Own Shares

Total S.A.
2 March 2005


Paris, 1st March, 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 375,000 of its ordinary shares, nominal value 10 euros
per share, in February 2005, through trades executed on the Paris Bourse.



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