VOL. XLI

No. 35

31-August-1998

SUDAN

No Change In Talisman/Arakis Acquisition Despite US Bombing In Khartoum

The Canadian firm Talisman Energy Corporation has indicated it still intends topurchase Calgary based Arakis Energy Corporation despite the recent US bombing of apharmaceuticals plant in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. The company announced last weekthat it had agreed to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Arakis, and indirectly, itswholly owned subsidiary, State Petroleum...