[TOTAL S.A. Letterhead]
August 12, 2013
By EDGAR, “CORRESP” Designation
Mr. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. 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, 2012
Filed March 28, 2013
File No. 001-10888
Dear Mr. Schwall:
Thank you for your letter dated August 7, 2013 setting forth the comments of the Staff of the Commission relating to TOTAL S.A.’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012 filed on March 28, 2013.
We are currently working on a response to your letter. Further to your discussion with Krystian Czerniecki of Sullivan & Cromwell, we anticipate that we will be in a position to submit our response by September 6, 2013.
If you have any questions relating to this matter, please feel free to call the undersigned at +33-1-47-44-74-70 or Krystian Czerniecki of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP at +49-69-4272-5525.
| Very truly yours, |
/s/ Jonathan Marsh |
| Jonathan Marsh |
| Group Legal Department |
| Vice President, Legal Director |
| Mergers, Acquisitions & Finance |
| Mr. Roger Schwall | - 2 - | |
| Securities and Exchange Commission |
| cc: | Ronald Winfrey |
(Securities and Exchange Commission)
Patrick de La Chevardière
Alexandre Marchal
Andrew Zdrahal
(TOTAL S.A.)
Krystian Czerniecki
(Sullivan & Cromwell LLP)
