VOL. XLIV

No 39

24-September-2001

GENERAL

International Oil Firms In GulfReviewing Staff Travel

International oil companiesoperating in the Gulf are closely monitoring essential travel by key personnel,although they have taken no steps to evacuate dependents, as they did duringthe Gulf War in 1991. Some companies with operations in countries seen as underthreat in the event of a US military strike against Afghanistan, or other countriesseen as potential targets for US action, have recalled...