Exhibit 99.4

TOTAL
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Paul FLOREN
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Christine de CHAMPEAUX
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Michaël CROCHET-VOUREY
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Sandra DANTE
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Philippe GATEAU
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Elisabeth de REALS
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Phénélope SEMAVOINE
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Lisa WYLER
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TOTAL S.A.
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Paris, July 16, 2009,

Jérôme Schmitt to be appointed Group Treasurer

Effective September 1, 2009, Jérôme Schmitt, will be appointed Group Treasurer, succeeding Charles Paris de Bollardière.

Jérôme Schmitt had been Vice-President Investor Relations since 2004.

He started his career in Asia before joining the Group’s Finance Division in 1992.

He was first in charge of Finance Operations for Exploration & Production projects for the Asia North-Africa Zone and then for South America. He then joined the Upstream gas sector.

He was then in charge of and later appointed Vice-President Gas Business Development for the Middle East-Central Asia Zone and subsequently for India — South Asia, based in Mumbai, India.

In 2000, he was appointed at the Mergers & Acquisition Division, in charge of Corporate M&A.

Jérôme Schmitt is 43 years old. He is a Civil Mining Engineer.

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