VOL. XXXIX

No. 17

22-January-1996

YEMEN

Yemen Parliament Approves Occidental's New 'Uqlah Block Agreement

The Yemeni parliament approved on 14 January the November 1995 agreement between the Yemeni Government and the US firm Occidental and its partner the Lebanese Athens-based Consolidated Contractors Company (CCC) concerning the new production-sharing terms for the Shabwa S-2 Block (the 'Uqlah Block). The new agreement is part of the campaign by the Yemeni oil authorities to improve...