Total produces energy but is also a heavy consumer, especially in our refining and chemical operations. Our annual consumption is around 18 million metric tons of oil equivalent.

Energy efficiency in our plants

We are working to enhance energy efficiency on our plants. The emergence of new technologies has already changed our industrial facilities. But there still remains significant energy conservation potential to be identified and exploited.  We can make improvements

• by more efficiently managing our installations, especially boilers and furnaces,
• and by investing to upgrade our equipment and install new cogeneration units, a process that produces both heat and power and doubles energy efficiency.

Between 2006 and 2010, Refining will spend almost €200 million to enhance the energy efficiency of its refineries by about one percentage point a year. Actions include:

• A cogeneration unit in Normandy that came on line in 2004, meeting the plant’s steam needs and producing surplus power. Offering energy efficiency of 84%, it is the largest unit of its type in France. Furthermore, it does not release sulfur dioxide and has reduced nitrogen oxide emissions by 15% and carbon dioxide emissions by 11% compared to the old fuel oil-fired boilers.
• A study at the Feyzin refinery on building an air heater.
• Construction of a furnace and study of a thermal integration project at the Provence refinery.
  

A number of other energy conservation projects are being conducted, most notably concerning atmospheric distillation and catalytic reformers.

Initiatives are also being pursued in the Chemicals business. In South Korea, for example, Total and Samsung are integrating significant energy savings in the plan to expand and upgrade their joint petrochemical plant in Daesan, at a cost of $600 million.

Enhancing our customers’ energy efficiency

We also provide customers with energy efficient products and help them to manage their individual consumption more efficiently. In April 2005, Excellium fuels joined our automotive fuel line, allowing drivers to choose between two unleaded gasolines and two diesels with different performance.

These fuels have additives to enhance combustion efficiency and reduce friction, making them:

• More efficient, higher performance: improved fuel economy, with gains of 15 to 50 kilometers per tank.
• Cleaner, more environmentally friendly: reduce CO2 emissions by as much as 5% and emissions of regulated pollutants such as carbon monoxide and fumes, while cutting noise.

Excellium fuels make Total the first oil company to have adopted a strategy based on fuel efficiency.