Acquisition

Total S.A.
10 May 2007



       Angola: Total finalises the acquisition of a 30% interest in the 
         exploration block 17/06 and a 15% interest in the block 15/06


Paris, May 10, 2007 - Total announces that it has finalised the agreements for 
its entry into two exploration blocks in the deep offshore Angola in the 
framework of the licensing round 2005/2006 organised by Sonangol E&P.

Total takes a 30% interest, as operator, in the block 17/06, alongside Sonangol 
P&P (30%), SSI Seventeen (27.5%), Falcon Oil (5%), ACR (5%), and Partex (2.5%). 
Sonangol E&P is the concessionaire of block 17/06.

Block 17/06 consists of the relinquished areas of the block 17, in Lower Congo 
Basin South Zaire River, which was one of the first blocks awarded in the deep 
offshore by the Angolan Government and on which, Total, as operator, made 15 
separate discoveries corresponding together to more than 3 billion barrels of 
recoverable oil. The 17/06 block is located in water depths ranging from 600 to 
1,900 metres covering an area of approximately 3,100 square kilometres. Total 
considers, with its knowledge of the area, that this block is still highly 
prospective and has very large oil potential.

Total also enters into the block 15/06 which consists of the relinquished areas 
of the block 15, located in Lower Congo Basin South Zaire River, in water depths 
between 400 and 1,500 metres. It covers an area of approximately 4,200 square 
kilometres.

Total takes a 15% interest, alongside Eni (operator, 35%), Sonangol P&P (15%), 
SSI Fifteen (20%), Falcon Oil (5%), Statoil (5%) and Petrobras (5%). Sonangol 
E&P is the concessionaire of block 15/06.

'These new interests illustrate Total's commitment to strengthening its presence 
in Angola and confirm Total's interest in the deep offshore where the Group has 
already demonstrated its technological expertise and know-how, says Christophe 
de Margerie, Chief Executive Officer of Total. Total is today a major player in 
the Angolan offshore petroleum industry with one of the most extensive 
development programs'.

Moreover, Total also announces that it has finalised the cession to Sonangol of 
its 27.5% share in Block 2/85 and its 55.6% in the Fina Petroleos de Angola 
(FPA) company. The assets of FPA consist of the Luanda refinery of 2.6 million 
ton a year capacity, thus far operated by Total, and of two onshore licenses 
located nearby Soyo in the Lower Congo Basin (49% on the FS block and 32.67% on 
the FST block). Total's current equity production of Block 2/85 and blocs FS and 
FST is 6,500 barrels of oil per day in 2006.


Block 17:

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 bidding process before sanction, and CLOV, a fourth major production area, 
based on Cravo, Lirio, Orquidea and Violeta discoveries, currently being 
studied).

On the Girassol structure, production from the Girassol field and the Jasmim 
field, a satellite to Girassol that came on stream in November 2003, is at more 
than 250,000 barrels per day of oil. The development of the Rosa field, 
developed as a 15 kilometre tie back to the Girassol FPSO (Floating, Production, 
Storage and Offloading) facility, was launched in July 2004, The field is 
scheduled to come on stream in the second quarter of 2007 and is expected to 
maintain the FPSO's production plateau at 250,000 barrels per day.

Dalia, which started production in December 2006, is already currently producing 
at its full capacity of 240,000 barrels per day.


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