Restructure Proposals

Total Fina Elf.
16 January 2002


TotalFinaElf Reorganizes Industrial Safety, Sustainable Development and the 
Environment Division

Paris - January 16, 2002 - TotalFinaElf introduced a new organization, on 
January 9, for Industrial Safety, Sustainable Development and Environment.

The previous Environment and Industrial Safety Division has been split in two. 
The following new divisions will report to Bruno Weymuller, President, Strategy 
& Risk Assessment:

-  Sustainable Development and Environment, headed by Bernard Tramier, member of
   the Management Committee.
-  Industrial Safety, headed by Pierre Guyonnet, who has been appointed to the  
   Management Committee.



Pierre Guyonnet, 58, is a graduate of the Institut National des Sciences 
Appliquees in Lyon and the Ecole Nationale Superieure du Petrole et des Moteurs.
He joined Total in 1969 and worked with different international oil project 
development teams. After holding a variety of management positions in Tunisia, 
the Netherlands, Indonesia, the United Kingdom, Thailand and France, he was 
appointed Vice President, Safety & Environment, for Exploration & Production in 
1997. Mr. Guyonnet subsequently headed the Mission Littoral Atlantique, which 
was set up to implement Group initiatives following the sinking of the Erika.