Exhibit 99.4

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

Patricia MARIE
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Paul FLOREN
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Christine de CHAMPEAUX
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Bertille ARON
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Isabelle CABROL
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Charles-Edouard ANFRAY
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Franklin BOITIER
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Philippe GATEAU
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Burkhard REUSS
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Commercial Operations Begin at the Altamira Regasification Terminal
in Mexico

Paris — October 26, 2006 — Located near Tampico on the eastern coast of Mexico, the Altamira liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal, in which Total has a 25% interest, yesterday welcomed President Vicente Fox at a ceremony marking the recent official startup of commercial operations.

Construction of the terminal began in 2003 and was completed on schedule and on budget, with an excellent safety record. The first of its kind in Mexico, the facility will make a significant contribution to the country’s gas supply.

Total owns a 25% interest in the two companies involved in the project. Terminal de LNG de Altamira (50% Shell, 25% Mitsui, 25% Total) owns and operates the regasification terminal, while marketing company Gas del Litoral (75% Shell, 25% Total) has signed a 15-year contract with Mexican electric utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) to supply 5 billion cubic metres of gas a year from the new terminal.

Total and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

A trailblazer in the LNG industry since 1964, Total has interests in six of the world’s largest liquefaction plants, which represent around 40% of global LNG production capacity. More than one-quarter of the gas produced by Total in 2005 was dedicated to the LNG industry.

Total is strengthening its positions across the LNG chain, as illustrated by the recent contract signatures to acquire stakes in Brass LNG in Nigeria and the Ichthys LNG project in Australia. Total also has interests in four regasification terminal projects to secure additional markets for production from the Middle East, the Gulf of Guinea and, in the future, Northern Europe.

India’s Hazira terminal came on stream in April 2005, while Mexico’s Altamira terminal began operations in late September 2006 and France’s Fos Cavaou terminal is scheduled for commissioning in 2007. And from 2009, Total will have regasification capacity in the Sabine Pass terminal on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

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