TOTAL FINA ELF SA
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                                 (Rule 13d-102)


            INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
           TO RULES 13d-1(b)(c), AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED
                            PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(b)
                              (Amendment No. __)*



                      Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation
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                                (Name of Issuer)


                     Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)


                                  904 000 10 6
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                                 (CUSIP Number)


                               September 25, 1997 (1)
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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the following box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is
filed:

         | | Rule 13d-1(b)
         |X| Rule 13d-1(c)
         | | Rule 13d-1(d)


         * The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's  initial  filing on this  form with  respect  to the  subject  class of
securities,  and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

         The information  required in the remainder of this cover page shall not
be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the  liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other  provisions of the Act  (however,  see
the Notes).



(1)  The information contained herein has been filed previously on Schedule 13D.



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                                       13G
CUSIP No. 904 000 10 6                                        Page 2 of 7 Pages

         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    1
         TotalFinaElf, S.A.

         I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

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    2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*               (a) |_|

                                                                         (b) |_|
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    3    SEC USE ONLY

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    4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         France
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       NUMBER OF                          SOLE VOTING POWER
         SHARES         5
      BENEFICIALLY                        49,306
        OWNED BY    ------------------------------------------------------------
          EACH                            SHARED VOTING POWER
       REPORTING        6
         PERSON                           7,000,803
          WITH      ------------------------------------------------------------
                                          SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        7
                                          49,306
                    ------------------------------------------------------------
                                          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        8
                                          7,000,803
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    9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORT PERSON

         7,050,109
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   10    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
         EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                           |_|

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   11    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

         8.11%
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   12    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

         CO
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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                                       13G
CUSIP No. 904 000 10 6                                        Page 3 of 7 Pages


         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
    1
         Total Finance, S.A.

         I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)

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    2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*               (a) |_|

                                                                         (b) |_|
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    3    SEC USE ONLY

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    4    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

         France
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       NUMBER OF                          SOLE VOTING POWER
         SHARES         5
      BENEFICIALLY                        -0-
        OWNED BY    ------------------------------------------------------------
          EACH                            SHARED VOTING POWER
       REPORTING        6
         PERSON                           7,000,803
          WITH      ------------------------------------------------------------
                                          SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        7
                                          -0-
                    ------------------------------------------------------------
                                          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                        8
                                          7,000,803
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    9    AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORT PERSON

         7,000,803
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   10    CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
         EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                                           |_|

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   11    PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

         8.05%
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   12    TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

         CO
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                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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Item 1(a).        Name of Issuer:

                  Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation


Item 1(b).        Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

                  6000 North Loop 1604 West
                  San Antonio, Texas 78249-1112

Item  2(a),  (b) and (c).    Name of  Person  Filing;  Address  of  Principal
                             Business Office or, if None, Residence; and
                             Citizenship:

     This statement is being filed by (i) TotalFinaElf,  S.A. (formerly known as
Total),  a company  organized  under the laws of France and (ii) Total  Finance,
S.A., a holding  company  organized under the laws of France.  TotalFinaElf  and
Total  Finance  are  hereinafter  collectively  referred  to as  the  "Reporting
Persons."

     TotalFinaElf.  TotalFinaElf's principal business is oil, gas and chemicals.
The address of  TotalFinaElf's  principal  business and office is 2, place de la
Coupole, La Defense 6, 92078 Paris La Defense Cedex, France.

     Total  Finance.  Total  Finance's  principal  business  is to hold  certain
investments on behalf of TotalFinaElf.  The address of Total Finance's principal
business  and office is 2,  place de la  Coupole,  La Defense 6, 92078  Paris La
Defense  Cedex,  France.  As of December 22, 2000,  100% of the voting shares of
Total Finance were owned by TotalFinaElf.


Item 2(d).        Title of Class of Securities:

                  Common Stock, par value $.01 per share


Item 2(e).        CUSIP Number:

                  904 000 10 6


Item 3.           If this Statement is Filed Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b),
                  or 13d-2(b) or (c), Check Whether the Person Filing is a:

     (a) |_| Broker or Dealer  registered  under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.
     (b) |_| Bank as  defined  in  Section  3(a)(6)  of the  Exchange  Act.
     (c) |_| Insurance  company as defined in Section  3(a)(19) of the Exchange
             Act.
     (d) |_| Investment company registered under Section 8 of the Investment
             Company Act.
     (e) |_| An investment advisor in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E).

     (f) |_| An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with
             Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F).
     (g) |_| A parent holding company or control person in accordance with
             Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G).
     (h) |_| A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal
             Deposit Insurance Act.
     (i) |_| A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment
             company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act.
     (j) |_| Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(l)(ii)(J).


Item 4.           Ownership

     At the close of business on December  22, 2000,  TotalFinaElf  beneficially
owned 49,306  shares of Common Stock of Ultramar  Diamond  Shamrock  Corporation
representing  approximately  0.06% of the  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock.
TotalFinaElf has the sole power to vote or direct the vote and the sole power to
dispose or direct the  disposition  of the shares of Common  Stock  beneficially
owned by it.


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     At the close of business on December 22, 2000,  Total Finance  beneficially
owned 7,000,803 shares of Common Stock of Ultramar Diamond Shamrock  Corporation
representing  approximately  8.05% of the  outstanding  shares of Common  Stock.
Total Finance is a wholly owned  subsidiary of  TotalFinaElf.  Accordingly,  for
purposes of Rule 13d-3 under the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  as amended,
TotalFinaElf  may be deemed to  beneficially  own and to share the power to vote
and dispose of the shares of Common Stock owned by Total Finance.


Item 5.     Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

            Not Applicable.


Item 6.     Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

            Not Applicable.


Item 7.     Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
            the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company or
            Control Person.

            Not Applicable.


Item 8.     Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

            Not Applicable.


Item 9.     Notice of Dissolution of the Group

            Not Applicable.


Item 10.    Certifications.

     By signing  below I certify  that,  to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the  securities  referred  to above were not  acquired  and are not held for the
purpose of or with the effect of  changing  or  influencing  the  control of the
issuer of the  securities  and were not acquired and are not held in  connection
with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.


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                                    SIGNATURE

          After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the undersigned's
knowledge and belief, the undersigned  certify that the information set forth in
this statement is true, complete and correct.




                               TOTALFINAELF, S.A.


                               By:    /s/  Robert Castaigne
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                         Robert Castaigne
                                         Chief Financial Officer


Date: December 22, 2000

                               TOTAL FINANCE

                               By:    /s/  Charles Paris de Bollardiere
                                   --------------------------------------------
                                         Charles Paris de Bollardiere
                                         Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Date: December 22, 2000




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                                                                      EXHIBIT A


                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

                                December 22, 2000



     Each of the undersigned (the "Filing Persons") hereby agree to file a joint
statement on Schedule 13G under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Act"),  in connection with their  beneficial  ownership of Common Stock of
Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Corporation.

     The Filing  Persons state that they are each entitled to  individually  use
Schedule 13G pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c) of the Act.

     The  Filing  Persons  are each  responsible  for the  timely  filing of the
statement and any amendments  thereto,  and for the completeness and accuracy of
the  information   concerning  each  of  them  contained  therein  but  are  not
responsible for the  completeness or accuracy of the information  concerning the
others.




                                TOTALFINAELF, S.A.


                                By:       /s/  Robert Castaigne
                                    -----------------------------------
                                          Robert Castaigne
                                          Chief Financial Officer


Date: December 22, 2000

                                TOTAL FINANCE

                                By:  /s/  Charles Paris de Bollardiere
                                    -----------------------------------
                                     Charles Paris de Bollardiere
                                     Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Date: December 22, 2000

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