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Article

31 Oct 2002

Author:
U.N. Integrated Regional Information Networks

Sudan: Talisman sells controversial oil stake

Canadian oil company Talisman Energy on Wednesday announced the sale of its Sudanese oil interests...to ONGC Videsh Ltd, a subsidiary of India's national oil company...Talisman has come under fire from human rights groups, which have argued that the company's four-year involvement served to support the forced displacement of people to make way for oil exploration, and that oil revenues have been used by the Sudanese government for arms purchases.