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Noting the recent attempts to establish sovereignty in the Sahara, Mme. Cordebas discussed the proposal to make a partition along the 35th degree parallel. This division of sovereignty, she addded, will probably prove as difficult as negotiating the peace itself. She added that although Algeria needs Saharan oil, the expense of digging for it may prove excessive...
...desert at Edjelé and Hassi Mes-saoud, well-paid, sun-blackened oilmen live in air-conditioned bungalows, splash about in swimming pools-and work in temperatures up to 130°. The 70 Saharan wells already producing are expected to pump 20 million tons of oil this year through two new pipelines to the coast. The $2 billion invested thus far, by a combination of French government and private capital, is expected to produce enough oil to meet all of France's needs...
Ferhat Abbas was particularly impressed by Bourguiba's account of De Gaulle's position on the Sahara, which the F.L.N. fears France intends to keep. "It is not French sovereignty which is important," De Gaulle had said. "What mat ters is that France should have access to Saharan oil rather than pay for its oil in dollars." The joint communique of the three leaders contained the F.L.N. acceptance of De Gaulle...
Africa, because the oil companies are caught between the rising tide of Arab nationalism and the intense competition from the newest fields. The development of France's Saharan oil fields (TIME, Aug. 17) will cut into the European market for Mideast oil; in addition, Russia is shipping oil not only into Western Europe, but through the Bosporus into Egypt and North Africa. For these reasons, new oil concessions are being granted all over the Middle East. Examples: ¶ In Yemen the American Overseas Investment Corp. was exploring a 10,000-sq.-mi. concession in the northwestern coastal plain...
...drilling teams labored in 120° to 130° temperatures and through sandstorms, often came off an eight-hour shift near collapse. At Edjelé, welders putting together oil storage tanks learned that simply to touch the metal of the tanks meant a bad burn. The combination of Saharan sand and heat wears out mechanical equipment with startling rapidity; at Edjelé the average life of a Dodge truck engine is 7,500 miles...