0001193125-10-221478.txt : 20120127 0001193125-10-221478.hdr.sgml : 20120127 20101001064608 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-221478 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101001 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TOTAL SA CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000879764 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2 PLACE DE LA COUPOLE STREET 2: LA DEFENSE 92078 CITY: PARIS FRANCE STATE: I0 ZIP: 00000 BUSINESS PHONE: 2129693300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2 PLACE DE LA COUPOLE STREET 2: LA DEFENSE 92078 CITY: PARIS FRANCE STATE: I0 ZIP: 00000 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TOTAL FINA ELF SA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20001010 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TOTAL FINA SA DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990713 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TOTAL DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19960103 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm Correspondence Letter

[TOTAL S.A. Letterhead]

 

October 1, 2010

By EDGAR, “CORRESP” Designation

Mr. H. Roger Schwall

Assistant Director

Division of Corporation Finance

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

  Re: TOTAL S.A.
    Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2009
    Filed April 1, 2010
    File No. 1-10888                                                                 

Dear Mr. Schwall:

Thank you for your letter dated September 28, 2010 setting forth the comments of the Staff of the Commission (the “Staff”) relating to the annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed April 1, 2010 of TOTAL S.A.

We are in the process of preparing our response to your comments. However, we will be unable to respond to your letter within ten business days as requested in the letter, due to the time and coordination required to respond to the comments in full. Accordingly, we currently anticipate that we will be in a position to submit a response to the Staff’s comments by November 5, 2010. We greatly appreciate your understanding.

If you have any questions relating to this matter, please feel free to call the undersigned at (011) (331) 4744-4802 or Krystian Czerniecki of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP at (011) (331) 7304-5880.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Alexandre Marchal

Alexandre Marchal
Director of Legal Affairs, Holding Company

Mr. H. Roger Schwall

Securities and Exchange Commission

 

cc: John Cannarella

Mark Shannon

Ronald Winfrey

John Lucas

(Securities and Exchange Commission)

Andrew Zdrahal

(TOTAL S.A.)

Krystian Czerniecki

(Sullivan & Cromwell LLP)