VOL. XXXVI

NO. 41

12-JULY-1993

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Aramco And Total Resume Talks On Downstream Investment

The Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Saudi Aramco) and France's Total have resumedtalks on a possible deal on downstream investment, following a break of some twoyears (MEES, 2 December 1991). During a visit last week to Saudi Arabia byFrench Foreign Minister Alain Juppe, a Ministry spokesman, Mr. Richard Duque,confirmed that Total and Saudi Arabia had resumed talks about a deal which wouldallow...