Offshore staff

PARIS -- Total today announced a significant discovery of gas and condensates on block B, offshore Brunei, in a water depth of 62 m (203 ft), approximately 50 km (31 mi) from the coast.

With a final depth of 5,850 m (19,193 ft), the MLJ2-06 well is the deepest ever drilled in Brunei in a high pressure/high temperature (HP/HT) reservoir. New gas compartments in the Maharaja Lela/Jamalulalam field have been detected and further appraisal work is necessary to evaluate them. However, this well should come onstream before the end of 2008, Total says.

Total, with a participation of 37.5%, is the operator of block B, in association with Shell (35%) and local partners (27.5%).

Total has been present in Brunei since 1986, where it operates the Maharaja Lela/Jamalulalam field which produced 28,500 boe/d in 2007. The gas is delivered to the Brunei LNG liquefaction plant.

05/27/2008