Today’s Total was created by two successive mergers - first of Total and Belgium’s PetroFina to create Totalfina, then of Totalfina and Elf Aquitaine to create TotalFinaElf. As such, the Group, renamed Total in May 2003, is the proud heir to a prestigious oil and gas legacy dating back to the 1920s.
 
The new Total is a vibrant blend of the cultures and expertise of all three companies, whose vast technological and human capital is being leveraged to maintain its position as a top-tier global energy supplier.