Exhibit 24.4

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Reference is hereby made to the registration by Total Capital International (“TCI”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of debt securities guaranteed by TOTAL S.A. to be issued, from time to time, by TCI (the “Securities”). Such Securities will be registered on a registration statement on Form F-3, as amended (the “Registration Statement”), and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints any person listed below or Jérôme Schmitt, Treasurer of TOTAL S.A., as his or her attorney-in-fact, with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement, any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments), and to sign any registration statement for the same offering covered by the Registration Statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to file the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the SEC, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority, with the power of substitution, to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together, shall constitute one instrument.

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Date: November 2, 2011	By:	/s/ Jérôme Schmitt
	Jérôme Schmitt
	President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer), Director
Date: November 2, 2011	By:
	Patrick de La Chevardière
	Director
Date: November 2, 2011	By:	/s/ Noubi Ben Hamida
	Noubi Ben Hamida
	Director
Date: November 2, 2011	By:	/s/ Marie-Sophie Wolkenstein
	Marie-Sophie Wolkenstein
	Director
Date: November 2, 2011	By:	/s/ Dominique Bonnet
	Dominique Bonnet
	Principal Accounting Officer, Director
Date: November 2, 2011	By:	/s/ Christine Catelon
	Christine Catelon
	Director
Date: November 2, 2011	By:	/s/ Robert O. Hammond
	Robert O. Hammond
	Authorized Representative in the United States

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