6-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D.C.

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13-a16 OR 15-d16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of

March 2004

TOTAL S.A.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

2, place de la Coupole
92078 Paris La Défense Cedex
France

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

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thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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Rule 12g3-s(b): 82-__________.)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EX 99.1: Total: Hazira

EX 99.2: Notice to NYSE

SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

	TOTAL S.A.
Date:  April 6th, 2004	By :	/s/ Charles Paris de Bollardière Name : Charles PARIS de BOLLARDIERE Title :   Treasurer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Ø	EXHIBIT 99.1:	Total takes a 26% stake in the Indian LNG Re-gasification terminal of Hazira (March 4, 2004).
Ø	EXHIBIT 99.2:	Notice of Repurchase of Ordinary Shares of Total (April 5, 2004)

EX-99.1

2, place de la Coupole
La Défense 6
92 400 Courbevoie France
Fax : 33 (1) 47 44 68 21

Catherine ENCK
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 37 76

Patricia MARIE
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 45 90

Paul FLOREN
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 45 91

Christine de CHAMPEAUX
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 47 49

Bertille ARON
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 67 12

Laurence FRANCISCO
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 51 04

Mary DWYER
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 21 19

Isabelle CABROL
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 64 24

Charles-Edouard ANFRAY
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 65 55

Franklin BOITIER
Tel. : 33 (1) 47 44 59 81

TOTAL S.A.
Capital 6 491 182 360 euros
542 051 180 R.C.S. Nanterre

www.total.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Total takes a 26% stake in the Indian LNG
Re-gasification terminal of Hazira

Paris, March 4, 2004 – Total announces that it has signed an agreement with Shell Gas BV, a member of the Royal Dutch/Shell group of companies, to acquire a 26% stake in a liquefied natural gas (LNG) re-gasification terminal project in India. The terminal is expected to receive its first LNG cargo by year’s end and is located in Hazira, on the north-west coast of India in the Gujarat State. The transaction remains subject to approval of the relevant Indian authorities.

Once the transaction is completed, Total will hold a 26% interest in the three project companies: the port company is in charge of the construction and operation of the port under a 30 year concession; the terminal company builds and will operate the terminal; the marketing company will sell the gas. The terminal will have an initial capacity of 2.5 millions tons per annum with a goal to expand it to 5 millions tons. Supplied by the two partners from their various LNG sources, Hazira will be the first merchant LNG terminal in Asia.

With this stake in a re-gasification terminal in Asia, Total strengthens its development on gas markets and secures an access to a fast growing market for the LNG projects in which it participates.

Total is already a major LNG player, commercialising more than 6 millions tonnes in 2003. The company holds stakes in 5 natural gas liquefaction plants worldwide, a stake in a re-gasification terminal in Mexico and has signed a protocol of intent to acquire an interest in the Fos Cavaou re-gasification terminal in France.

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Total is the fourth largest oil and gas company in the world with operations in more than 130 countries. Total’s activities cover the whole energy chain of the petroleum industry: exploration, oil and gas production, refining and marketing, trading and power generation. The Group is also a major player in chemicals through its chemicals branch, Atofina. Total has 121,500 employees worldwide. More information can be found on the company’s website: www.total.com

EX-99.2

DIRECTION FINANCIERE DF/FT/Dpt. Financement et Bourse VB n° 157/A
	The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. Dennis Dunn Esq. 20 Broad Street New York, NY 1005 USA
Transmitted by facsimile to : 212 656 5893 Number of pages : 1
	Paris, 5 April 2004
Re : Notice of Repurchase of Ordinary Shares of Total
Dear Sirs,
Please be advised that in connection with Total’s share repurchase program, TOTAL S.A. reacquired 4,300,000 of its ordinary shares, nominal value 10 euros per share, during the three month period ending March 31th, 2004, through trades executed on the Paris Bourse. Before these operations, TOTAL S.A. held 11,965,028 shares in treasury. In addition, at March 31th, 2004, 25,082,817 shares were held by various subsidiaries. As a result, Total held an aggregate of 41,347,845 of its ordinary shares at a such date.
	Very truly yours,
	C. PARIS de BOLLARDIERE Treasurer