Total Gabon Final Results

Total S.A.
22 March 2006



                              TOTAL GABON


     A limited company with a registered capital of 76,500,000 US dollars

Head office:  Boulevard Hourcq - Port-Gentil PO Box 525 (the Republic of Gabon)

                         RCCM Port-Gentil 2000 B 00011

              Total Gabon:  financial results for fiscal year 2005

Libreville, March 21st, 2006 - The Board of Directors of Total Gabon, chaired by
Jean Privey, met on March 21st, 2006 and approved the final accounts for the
year ended December 31, 2005.

Net income in 2005 was $316.8 million, compared to $241.5 million in 2004.

The oil production of the fields operated by Total Gabon amounted to 35.7
million barrels in 2005, representing a slight decrease versus the previous
year. The Total Gabon share of the oil produced (including the tax oil reverting
to the Republic as per the Profit sharing Contracts) amounted to 28.1 million
barrels in 2005 compared to 29.5 million barrels for fiscal year 2004,
representing roughly 29% of the national crude oil production in Gabon.

Revenues amounted to $1,140.9 million, representing an increase of $261.2
million as compared to fiscal year 2004 (+29.7%). These higher sales resulted
from the conjunction of lesser volumes sold and higher levels of the oil price
for the crude oil commercialised by Total Gabon (which averaged $48.04 per
barrel in 2005 compared to $34.28 per barrel in 2004). Operational costs have
increased in 2005 by 12.6% due to the continuation of strong drilling and
development activities and the ongoing programme of large maintenance projects.

The capital expenditure related to oil operations for 2005 was $139.4 million
compared to $157.8 million in 2004. It originated mainly from:

-  In the operated Mandji activity: important reservoir and development studies
notably on the Anguille, Torpille and Gonelle fields, offshore drilling of two
new wells on Gonelle (GNM18) and on Baudroie (BDMN12), work overs on Grondin
(GRM26), Anguille (AGM52), Gonelle (GNM4 and GNM5) and Torpille (TRM16), gaslift
compression of Gonelle and environmental projects with a view to reducing
hydrocarbon effluents and to limiting carbon dioxide gas emission.


-  In the operated Rabi activity: on Atora, the continuation of the additional
development project with the drilling of ATO8 well and the end of the
debottlenecking project; on Coucal, the drilling of DICO6 and DICO7 wells.



-  In the non-operated activity: the achievement of the Rabi Kounga field work-
programme (phase III) featuring 10 new development wells and the achievement of
the gas compression scheme for re-injection.


                    MAIN FINANCIAL INDICATORS

 (in $ million)                     2005           2004           2003   
  Sales                           1140.9          879.7          768.6
   
  Funds generated from operations  425.8          340.9          294.8
   
  Capital expenditure              139.4          157.8          146.2
   
  Net income                       316.8          241.5          195.7
   
            


The Board has decided to propose the distribution of a net dividend of $53.0 per
share, or a total amount of $238.5 million to all shareholders at the Annual
Shareholders' Meeting, scheduled on June 8, 2006.

The dividend is payable in euros (or the equivalent in CFA francs), based on the
exchange rate for the US dollar on the date of the Annual Shareholders' Meeting,
and will qualify in France for a tax credit of $0.14 per share, corresponding to
the amount withheld at the source in Gabon.

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