Re Agreement

Total S.A.
02 December 2005

                    Angola Project Is the First Sponsored
                under the Institut Pasteur-Total Agreement

(Paris - December 2, 2005) - In Luanda today, Total officially inaugurated a
partnership with the Centro de Apolo aos Jovens (CAJ), a local non-governmental 
organization that provides young people with services, information and support 
related to the prevention and diagnosis of sexually transmitted infection (STI). 
The partnership is the first project sponsored under the corporate funding 
agreement signed by Total and Institut Pasteur in October to strengthen the 
scientific and human resources allocated to the fight against infectious 
diseases.

Total's support will enable the CAJ:

• to expand its awareness and educational initiatives for young people in the
  Luanda region
• to improve its services and diagnostic capabilities
• to acquire additional educational resources to train physicians, nurses and
  social workers and enable them to acquire specialized skills in testing and 
  treating sexually transmitted infections, especially HIV, in young people

The medical training will be monitored by Institut Pasteur and provided by
Angolan and international experts, including members of the Pasteur network.

Also under the agreement, Total will finance infectious disease research
programmes conducted by Institut Pasteur's multidisciplinary, international 
teams, while Institut Pasteur will oversee and validate initiatives to train 
medical and paramedical staff in non-OECD countries in the diagnosis, treatment 
and follow-up of sexually transmitted infections. Total will spend €10 million 
on these initiatives to 2010.

With this partnership, Total has taken a major step forward in its commitment to
humanitarian programs and social solidarity. Total is already involved through
its subsidiaries in local programmes, in particular to fight HIV/AIDS. This
agreement with one of the world's leading biomedical research institutes will
help the Group to ensure the quality and effectiveness of its commitments to
host communities.

Total, which has been working in Angola since 1952, is operating a significant
development programme and is today one of the major players in the country's oil
industry. On Block 17 in which the Group is, has a 40% interest, the Girassol
field produces over 240,000 barrels of oil per day, and the Dalia and Rosa
fields are under development. In 2004, the Group's share of production in Angola
was some 164,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.


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