Drilling Report

Total S.A.
26 January 2007


           Angola: significant oil discovery in deep water Block 14

Paris, January 26, 2007 - Total announces that it has made a new significant oil
discovery in deep-water Block 14, within the Lower Congo Basin, offshore Angola.
Total holds a 20% interest in Block 14 alongside Cabinda Gulf Oil Company
Limited, (31%) Sonangol, P.P (20%), Eni (20%) and Galp (9%).

The Lucapa-1 discovery well was drilled in 1,201 metres of water to a total
vertical depth of 3,340 metres and encountered more than 85 metres of oil in
Miocene age sands. The well tested 24-degree API gravity oil from high
permeability sand in the main target interval. The discovery will be followed by
further appraisal drilling in addition to geologic and engineering studies to
appraise the field and assess its potential reserves. The Lucapa discovery is
the 10th exploration discovery made in Block 14 since 1997.

Total in Angola

Total is present in Angola since 1953 and held end 2006 interests in six
production permits, three of which it operates (Blocks 17, 3 and FS/FST) and
three it does not (Blocks 0, 14 and 2) and three exploration permits, one of
which it operates (Block 32) and two it does not (Blocks 31 and 33).

Deep-offshore Block 17 is Total's major asset in Angola. It is composed of four
major zones (Girassol and Dalia, which are in production, Pazflor which is in
the final bidding process before sanction, and CLOV, a fourth major production
area, based on Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea and Violeta discoveries, currently being
studied). 

The production of Block 17, with Girassol and Dalia structures, is
expected to reach nearly 500,000 barrels of oil per day by summer 2007.



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