Renault and Total Groups renew their worldwide partnership

Total & Renault, historical partners for more than 40 years, have just renewed their cooperation agreement for further 3 years (2012-2014). This global agreement is covering the following fields:

• Research and development of high-technology lubricants and fuels
   
• Exclusive recommendation of Elf lubricants - Elf as a brand of Total - across Renault and Dacia worldwide networks
   
• Motorsport with Renault Sport F1 - engine designer & manufacturer - as well as Renault Sport technologies.

This cooperation is enhancing the technical & environmental competitiveness of both Renault and Dacia vehicles. It also emphasizes the consistent involvement of the Total Group in marketing innovative, leading-edge products.


About Total

Total is one of the largest integrated oil and gas companies in the world, with activities in more than 130 countries. The Group is also a first rank player in chemicals. Its 93,000 employees put their expertise to work in every part of the industry - exploration and production of oil and natural gas, refining and marketing, new energies, trading, and chemicals. Total is working to help satisfy the global demand for energy, both today and tomorrow.

Total Lubrifiants, a subsidiary of the Total Group, produces and sells lubricants - for the automotive, industry and marine sectors -, greases, anti-freeze and coolants.

Total Lubrifiants is ISO 9001-certified and is involved in all aspects of the petroleum industry, from supplying factories to engaging in logistics operations.

Total Lubrifiants has a number of specialist research centers and pursues a Research and Development policy based on product innovation, safety, and health.

For more information visit www.lubricants.total.com

Press contact :

Total
Stéphane Morazzani
+33 1 41 35 99 24
stephane.morazzani@total.com

About Renault

The Renault group, with more than 350 industrial and commercial sites and present in 118 countries, designs, develops, manufactures and sells a broad range of innovative, safe and environmentally respectful vehicles. Renault pursues its strategy of profitable growth under the Renault, Dacia and Renault Samsung Motors brands. The Renault group employs 128 000 people worldwide, reported a net revenue of €38,971 millions in 2010 and has sold more than 2,7 million vehicles in 2011.