Total gears up for Sudan oil drill

KHARTOUM, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - French oil giant TotalTotal is gearing up to drill for oil nearly 30 years after signing an agreement in southern Sudan but runs the risk of shedding investors unless it keeps sweet of US divestment law. "They have now set up the base camp and they are mobilising facilities," energy minister in semi-autonomous southern Sudan, John Luk, told AFP more than 20 years after TotalTotal froze oil exploration efforts because of... [read full story]