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Last oil company withdraws from Western Sahara
The exiled government of Western Sahara and pro-Sahrawi activists...are celebrating that the last foreign oil company has announced its withdrawal from the waters off the Moroccan-occupied territory...Kerr-McGee thus is the last in a row of international oil companies pulling out of the disputed Western Sahara territory...Kerr-McGee was subject to successful divestment campaigns by the activists...The US company has yet to make a public statement about its withdrawal...Pro-Sahrawi activists have seen the oil exploration off the coast of Western Sahara as one of the main obstacles to make Morocco give up its occupation of the territory. [also referes to Pioneer Natural Resources, Kosmos Energy]