Re Agreement

Total S.A.
27 June 2003



          Total Renews Technical and Scientific Cooperation Agreement 
               with the State Polar Academy of St. Petersburg

Paris - June 27, 2003 - Total has renewed its technical and scientific
cooperation agreement with the State Polar Academy of St. Petersburg for a
further two years. This initiative, initiated on July 1, 2001, falls under the
scope of the intergovernmental cooperation agreement signed by France and Russia
in 1992.

Total and the State Polar Academy work together on regional projects whose
objective is to promote sustainable economic and social development in the
Russian Far North, while respecting the environment and traditionals of
populations.

This cooperation, which is part of the Group's sustainable development
commitment, includes training highly qualified specialists; hosting and
supervising students; conducting environmental, social and ethnological studies;
providing logistical and financial support for the Academy, notably for Franco-
Russian teacher exchanges; and developing distance learning via the Web.

The State Polar Academy was founded by Azourget Chaoukenbaeva, the Dean, and
Professor Jean Malaurie, following joint Franco-Russian polar expeditions. The
Board of Directors is chaired by Arthur Chilingarov, distinguished polar
explorer, elected representative for the Nenets Autonomous Area and Deputy
Speaker of the Duma, Russia's parliament. These new offices were inaugurated on
May 30 by French President, Jacques Chirac, an Russian Education Minister,
Vladimir Filippov.

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