30.01.2005, 17:30
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Zitat:US firms win Libyan energy contracts
Libya has awarded its first contracts to US companies in 18 years, handing oil and gas exploration licences to three American firms
US bid winners Occidental Petroleum Corp, Amerada Hess Corp and ChevronTexaco were among more than 120 companies that registered bids or expressed interest in the offers, Libyan officials said.
A total of 15 licences were offered for onshore and offshore blocks in one of the world's exploration hotspots.
The contracts to American firms follow the easing of a trade embargo on oil-rich Libya by the United States last spring after Tripoli gave up weapons of mass destruction.
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