VOL.XXXVI

NO.50

13-SEPTEMBER-1993

YEMEN

TotalTemporarily Halts DevelopmentWorkInEastShabwa

Block No. 10

Accordingtoreportsfrom Yemen,development ofTotal's

East Shabwa discoveries in BlockNo.10wastemporarily halted as a result of tribal raid on 1September.Some 40-

60 armed men from a Hadhramaut tribelastweekreportedly attacked one of Total's oil fieldinstallations, killing in

theprocessaYemenisoldier,anddamaginga company helicopter. Total was planning tostart production from the

encouraging East...