Acquisition

Total S.A.
02 February 2007




              Total Acquires Interest In Offshore Block in Australia 

Paris, February 2, 2007 - Total announces that it has signed an agreement with  
U.S.-based Apache to farm into the offshore AC/P37 permit in Australia's Browse
Basin. Located around 200 Kilometres off the northwestern coast in a water depth
of approximately 200 metres, this permit covers an area of 4,415 square
kilometres.

Total is acquiring an 80% interest in and will operate the lower levels of this
permit, beginning at a depth of roughly 4,000 metres. Apache is retaining a 20%
interest and holds a 100% interest in the upper levels.

The farm-in strengthens Total's presence in Australia's North West Shelf, where
it has interests in nine permits, and in the Browse Basin in particular, where
the Group has had a 24% interest in the WA-285P permit containing the
Ichthys discovery since 2006. The Ichthys liquefied natural gas project is
scheduled to come on stream early in the next decade.


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