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Gold/Mining/Energy : ARAKIS: HIGH RISK OIL PLAY (AKSEF) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lawrence smith who wrote (7867)	3/4/1998 3:52:00 PM
From: LARRY LARSON	Respond to of 9164

Hi Kids- More political pressure to end the war: Before you pack your bags, visit Nando's Travel Server! ÿÿÿ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Click above to visit the PANA Web site, which will appear in a new browser window. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rawlings Calls For End Of Sudan War March 4, 1998 ACCRA, Ghana (PANA) - President Jerry Rawlings Tuesday appealed to the government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to abandon the war and seek a peaceful solution to the 30-year old conflict. He said the war has created a difficult situation for Sudan, both the north and the south, and it is clear there will be no winner. "Both sides have lost heavily, so there should be a peaceful solution," Rawlings told Dang Alor, an envoy of Col. John Garang, leader of the SPLA, which took up arms in 1983 following Khartoum's decision to introduce Islamic law in Sudan. Rawlings said Ghana as well as other countries in the sub-region had done their best to promote a negotiated solution to the war but without success "and it is clear violence has not achieved the ultimate for both sides." He said the time has come for parties involved in the conflict to rethink their positions, make the necessary accommodation aimed at making a diplomatic breakthrough. Africa, he noted, is making progress in many areas but a few countries such as Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and Somalia, are denting the continent's image. The president said as a result of these dark spots on the continent, the positive strides some countries have made are not seen . "If a solution is not found to these conflicts, Africa will be seen as a basket case," Rawlings said.

To: lawrence smith who wrote (7867)	3/4/1998 3:57:00 PM
From: LARRY LARSON	Respond to of 9164

Hi Kids- Sorry, for transmission error??? More political pressure to end war: Click above to visit the PANA Web site, which will appear in a new browser window. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rawlings Calls For End Of Sudan War March 4, 1998 ACCRA, Ghana (PANA) - President Jerry Rawlings Tuesday appealed to the government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) to abandon the war and seek a peaceful solution to the 30-year old conflict. He said the war has created a difficult situation for Sudan, both the north and the south, and it is clear there will be no winner. "Both sides have lost heavily, so there should be a peaceful solution," Rawlings told Dang Alor, an envoy of Col. John Garang, leader of the SPLA, which took up arms in 1983 following Khartoum's decision to introduce Islamic law in Sudan. Rawlings said Ghana as well as other countries in the sub-region had done their best to promote a negotiated solution to the war but without success "and it is clear violence has not achieved the ultimate for both sides." He said the time has come for parties involved in the conflict to rethink their positions, make the necessary accommodation aimed at making a diplomatic breakthrough. Africa, he noted, is making progress in many areas but a few countries such as Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi and Somalia, are denting the continent's image. The president said as a result of these dark spots on the continent, the positive strides some countries have made are not seen . "If a solution is not found to these conflicts, Africa will be seen as a basket case," Rawlings said. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright c 1998 Panafrican News Agency. Distributed via Africa News Online(www.africanews.org). For information about the content or for permission to redistribute, publish or use for broadcast, contact Panafrican News Agency at the link

To: lawrence smith who wrote (7867)	3/5/1998 5:52:00 AM
From: Edward M. Zettlemoyer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 9164

Lawence, I believe you are correct, after all it does get chilly enough to affect oil flow in winter months. This topic of above/below ground pipeline is a side track of a basic question which was presented, "can the pipeline be completed on schedule?". The company says yes, while some may have doubts, so we shareholders will chew on this bone for a while. In order to meet the completion date it was quoted that 2 miles of pipeline had to be laid each day, sound impossible? No way. As a Fitter/Welder I have some knowledge of how some very complex projects come together on a timely schedule. First of all, IMO, each pumping station will become an immediate construction project rather than waiting for the pipeline to meet it. Second, IMO, there will be at least eight pipeline construction crews laying pipe to meet each other. This now gives us an average of a quarter of a mile of pipeline laid per day for each crew. However, this is only IMO (in my opinion), and to answer the question "will the pipeline be built on schedule" , IMO no problem. Ed