VOL. XXXVIII

NO. 52

25-SEPTEMBER-1995

Sudan

Arakis's Financing Deal With AGI Falls Through

The much-touted deal between the Vancouver-based Arakis Energy and theSaudi-owned AGI group for a $750mn financing package for the development ofoilfields in the Sudan has now collapsed due to non-performance of financialcommitments and amid a welter of class-action lawsuits by shareholders againstArakis.

Arakis Energy announced in a press release issued on 19 September that it hadterminated its agreement...