VOL. XXXIII

NO. 35

4-JUNE-1990

Yemen

Active Bidding Underway for Six Shabwa Blocs

MEES understands that at least 12 oil firms are actively pursuing bids forthe six Shabwa blocs that have been recently relinquished by the Soviet firmTechnoexport (MEES, 5 February). The companies involved include the US firmsPecten, Conoco, Chevron, Amoco, Unocal, and Phillips; a Canadian consortium ofHusky Oil and Ranger Oil; a con- sortium of Finland's Neste Oy, Austria's OMVand Sharjah's Crescent; and the...