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To: Tomas who wrote (612)	11/28/1999 6:25:00 PM
From: LARRY LARSON	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1713

Sudanese oil pipeline holed in attack KHARTOUM, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Sudan's minister of energy and mining, Awad Ahmed al-Jaz, said on Sunday a pipeline used to carry refined oil from Port Sudan to Khartoum had been holed in an attack on Saturday night. The official Sudan News Agency SUNA quoted the minister as saying the attack took place near Erkowit, about 120 km (75 miles) southwest of Port Sudan, the country's main port. Port Sudan is located about 1,200 km (750 miles) northeast of Khartoum. Jaz did not give details of the attack but said a two-metre (yard) hole was made in the pipeline. ``The attack caused a leakage and we stopped pumping oil,' he said. Repairs were expected to be completed on Sunday or Monday. Jaz said the attack would not cause any oil shortage in the main consumption centre, Khartoum. In September, the 1,610 km (1,000 mile) oil pipeline which carries Sudan's crude oil from the interior to Port Sudan for export was attacked near Atbara in Northern Sudan. The opposition National Democratic Alliance (NDA) claimed responsibility for that attack. A leading member of the NDA, the Umma party of former Prime Minister al-Sadeq al-Mahdi, signed an agreement with the government in Djibouti last Friday calling for dialogue to resolve Sudan's numerous problems. A politician who did not want to be named said Saturday's pipeline attack could have been staged by elements in the NDA opposed to the agreement the Umma party signed with the government. 14:56 11-28-99 Copyright 1999 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.

To: Tomas who wrote (612)	11/28/1999 6:39:00 PM
From: Aggie	Respond to of 1713

Tomas, how're things in Stockholm? Ahhh...these spinmeisters really give me gas. Gee, what rosy profits Talisman would realize should they decide to be politically correct, civic minded, and responsible upstanding world citizens. Why, they could make a tidy little acceptable profit if they would just follow everybody else's conscience - how could they not? Of course, if they stay in, they'll make a whole bundle more, and realize profits more in line with the risks they took in the first place - like any other respectable oil company. And of course the French and the Italians, not burdened with trifling concerns about human rights, etc. - well, they're waiting in the wings rubbing their hands together. Not to mention Shell, in their eternal quest to put themselves on every hot spot on the map. I hope Talisman has the backbone to tell these tofu-eating dunderheads to jam it. Aggie