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	Elf Aquitaine – Wikipedia
		Bereits in den 1960er Jahren wurde nach verschiedenen französischen Medienberichten von Elf an Politiker in Afrika große Geldbeträge für Wahlkämpfe, aber auch zur Anschaffung von Waffen zur Verfügung gestellt.
		Selbst in englischsprachigen Länder wie Nigeria soll Elf großen Einfluss gehabt haben.
		Auch in Usbekistan und Venezuela soll Elf politische Ambitionen besessen haben.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elf_Aquitaine (2563 words)

	Aquitaine – FREE Aquitaine Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Facts, Pictures, Information!
		After the separation of Gascony from Aquitaine (7th cent.), the area N of the Garonne was considered Aquitaine proper.
		From 670, Aquitaine was ruled by semi-independent native dukes, but an Arab invasion (718) forced the Aquitanian duke Eudes to seek the protection of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel, who defeated (732) the Arabs.
		By the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II in 1152 it became one of the English possessions in France...
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Aquitain.html (1119 words)

	Lengthy Elf Inquiry Nears Explosive Finish - Nations and States - Global Policy Forum
		The Elf investigation was explosive because it exposed a side of France rarely visible: the "reseaux," or secret networks of power that subtly connect top government and business officials with shadowy intermediaries and clans, such as the Corsican underworld and France's still-potent Freemasons.
		Elf's paymaster and the man who is alleged to have known all the company's secrets is Mr.
		The Elf dossier will be, in part, a snapshot of an unusual moment in French political life, when a changing of the guard allowed a peek behind the veil that has traditionally obscured networks of power and their secret financial transactions.
	www.globalpolicy.org /nations/launder/regions/2002/0201elf.htm (2659 words)

	Elf Aquitaine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Elf Aquitaine was a French oil company who merged with TotalFina to form TotalFinaElf.
		Elf Aquitaine's heritage is rooted among three pioneering French oil companies; Régie Autonome des Pétroles (RAP), Société Nationale des Pétroles d'Aquitaine (SNPA) and Bureau de Recherches de Pétroles (BRP).
		Elf decided to undertake a policy to rebuild French motor racing and so began a new long-term relationship with Renault.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elf_Aquitaine (770 words)

	An MBendi Profile - Organisation: Elf Aquitaine
		Elf Aquitaine is France's largest industrial corporation and the seventh-biggest oil company in the world.
		Elf has an extensive service station network which is clearly recognisable by the characteristic Elf livery.
		Elf has taken out a patent in several African countries as well as in France and Europe for a "transportable service station" that can be assembled in two days on any site providing it has a level and hard surface and be connectable to water, electricity and telephone lines.
	www.mbendi.co.za /coel.htm (455 words)

	F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Fuels > TotalFinaElf
		Elf became highly acquisitive in the late 1980s with a variety of purchases, including Occidental's holdings in the North Sea.
		Elf decided to undertake a policy to rebuild French motor racing and so began a new long-term relationship with Renault.
		Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Elf was a major player in motorsport, sponsoring cars at all levels of the sport and promoting many of France's rising stars, notably Alain Prost.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/fue-014.html (748 words)

	The Field Marshal from the 11-part series Making a Killing The Business of War
		The Elf executives had the most to fear: at the time of his threats, the French government was investigating the company's long history of corruption, including its involvement in the trade of weapons in exchange for oil, and its manipulation of African politics.
		Le Floch-Prigent, Elf Aquitaine's CEO between 1989 and 1993, acknowledged aiding Jonas Savimbi, leader of the rebel movement, UNITA, at the same time as the company was strengthening its ties with the Angolan government of José Eduardo Dos Santos in Luanda.
		Elf Aquitaine provided the government with revenue through its payments for the right to exploit Angolan oil fields, Le Floch-Prigent said, and paid UNITA to avoid attacks on its installations and personnel.
	www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Weapons/Field_Marshall_MAK.html (4258 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Elf trial reveals moral vacuum
		The so-called Elf trial has gone largely unreported because of its very length and the mind-numbing detail of much of the evidence.
		The Elf money that the French state used to buy influence and contacts in Africa passed through a host of interlocking bank accounts in Switzerland, which were masterminded by Sirven.
		We made a lot of trips to Africa together and the collateral damage could be significant for the country and Elf'," he told the court.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/2973267.stm (766 words)

	Elf Aquitaine - SourceWatch
		Elf Aquitaine no longer exists, having been privatised and bought by TotalFina.
		In the last years of its existence, Elf was the center of a huge corruption scandal which rocked the French political and business establishment.
		In turn, Elf has sold small stakes of its holding in the N'kossa and Haute Mer fields to Chevron and Engen.
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Elf_Aquitaine&printable=yes (455 words)

	Elf Aquitaine
		Elf Aquitaine is one of the world’s top ten oil companies, the fourth-largest producer of natural gas in Europe and the no. 5 refiner and marketer on that continent.
		Through Elf Atochem, it is the world's thirteenth-largest chemical maker, while through its equity interest in Sanofi-Synthélabo it is the eighteenth-largest pharmaceutical firm in the world.
		Elf is an enterprising corporation, with first-class human and technical resources and a reputation for expertise.
	www.sovereign-publications.com /elf.htm (215 words)

	Making a Killing - The Center for Public Integrity
		The Elf executives had the most to fear: at the time of his threats, the French government was investigating the company's long history of corruption, including its involvement in the trade of weapons in exchange for oil, and its manipulation of African politics.
		Le Floch-Prigent, Elf Aquitaine's CEO between 1989 and 1993, acknowledged aiding Jonas Savimbi, leader of the rebel movement, UNITA, at the same time as the company was strengthening its ties with the Angolan government of José Eduardo Dos Santos in Luanda.
		Elf Aquitaine provided the government with revenue through its payments for the right to exploit Angolan oil fields, Le Floch-Prigent said, and paid UNITA to avoid attacks on its installations and personnel.
	www.publicintegrity.org /bow/report.aspx?aid=155 (4300 words)

	Elf Aquitaine Sa Business Information, Profile, and History
		Citing this link, the company claims that the history of Elf Aquitaine "cannot be separated from history itself." A closer connection might be perceived between the history of Elf and the history of France's energy policy as practiced by successive governments since World War II.
		Elf Aquitaine's new-found prominence in chemicals derived from a major restructuring of this largely state-controlled industry.
		Elf Aquitaine's heritage is rooted among three pioneering French oil companies; For the first time this organisation controlled all parts of production, from exploration to the filling station.
	companies.jrank.org /pages/1412/Elf-Aquitaine-Sa.html (4601 words)

	Total - Corporate Web Site - Press releases - May 25, 00 - TotalFinaElf launches an ...
		The proposed exchange parity is 4 TotalFinaElf shares (with dividend rights from January 1, 2000) for 3 Elf Aquitaine shares, representing a premium of 11% based on the closing prices of May 23 in Paris, which is the date preceding the Board meeting.
		The Elf Aquitaine Board of Directors, meeting on May 24, 2000, under the chairmanship of Thierry Desmarest, examined the proposed exchange offer.
		Elf Aquitaine will ask the respective market authorities to de-list its shares from the Paris cash settlement market and its American Depositary Shares (ADSs) from the New York Stock Exchange.
	www.total.com /en/press/press_releases/pr_2000/000525_the_remainder_of_Elf_Aquitaine_shares_1433.htm (350 words)

	Elf Was 'Secret Arm of French Policy' - Social and Economic Policy - Global Policy Forum
		Elf Aquitaine, until its privatisation in 1994, was much more than a oil company - according to prosecutors at the trial of Elf's top managers.
		Elf had close links with the French state As the company expanded into Africa in the 1960s and 1970s, Elf paid secret "commissions" to African officials with the blessing of French governments.
		According to investigators, Alfred Sirven - Elf's secretive "director for general affairs" - is said to have handled a fund that was double the size of the one run by the company's man in Africa.
	www.globalpolicy.org /socecon/crisis/2003/0319elfsecretarm.htm (756 words)

	Total Fina S.A.
		Elf Aquitaine is an international integrated oil and gas company with headquarters in France.
		Elf Aquitaine offers employee share purchase plans (the "Employee Plans") for the benefit of its employees and employees of its affiliates, pursuant to which such employees may acquire beneficial ownership of Elf Aquitaine ADS.
		Registered ownership of such Elf Aquitaine ADS is held by a nominee with a registered address in the United States.
	www.msc.gov.mb.ca /legal_docs/orders/total_fina.html (767 words)

	Elf Canada
		Elf Lubricants works directly with some of the world's largest and most prestigious vehicle manufacturers to engineer lubricants specifically for their vehicles.
		Known as Elf Aquitaine since the 1930's, Elf Lubricants became part of the TotalFinaElf group through a merger in 2000.
		Total ELF Fina is now the world's 4th largest producer of oil and natural gas.
	www.elfcanada.ca (159 words)

	Elf & Antar road maps from Europe
		Elf soon added small retail chains in Germany and the low countries and in late 1974 acquired Occidental's VIP and OXY chains in Britain and Germany.
		In 1992 Elf was the surprise purchaser of the old East German Minol monopoly operation.
		Elf and its affiliates have never been prolific map issuers and the most commonly found maps are the series (left) of four sectional maps of France from 1967-8.
	www.ianbyrne.free-online.co.uk /elf.htm (1331 words)

	Dumas lover admits lobbying for oil firm
		THE mistress of the former French foreign minister, Roland Dumas, confessed yesterday that she was paid by the oil company Elf Aquitaine to lobby her lover and influence French government policy.
		Elf also settled her credit card bills, which were sometimes as much as £20,000 a month.
		Elf won an "enormous contract" as a consequence, prompting Mme Deviers-Joncour to claim that she deserved a life-pension from Elf for this deal alone, "and there were others".
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/10/30/welf20.html (430 words)

	Plea Agreement : U.S. v. Elf Athochem S.A.
		ELF also waives the right to appeal the imposition of the sentences against it so long as the sentences imposed are consistent with the recommendation in Paragraph 9.
		ELF understands that it may be subject to administrative action by federal or state agencies other than the United States Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, based upon convictions resulting from this Plea Agreement, and that this Plea Agreement in no way controls whatever action, if any, other agencies may take.
		ELF has thoroughly reviewed this Plea Agreement and acknowledges that counsel has advised it of the nature of the charges, any possible defenses to the charges, and the nature and range of possible sentences.
	www.usdoj.gov /atr/cases/f204400/204498.htm (2306 words)

	Elf Corruption Trial Reaches French Courts \| Current Affairs \| Deutsche Welle \| 18.03.2003
		Elf executives are also suspected of having embezzled some of the funds.
		Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Loik Le Floch-PrigentFormer Elf director general Loik Le Floch-Prigent, 59, (photo) and his one-time deputy, the 76-year-old Alfred Sirven, are believed to have played key roles in the scandal.
		Sirven, who kept Deviers-Joncour on the Elf payroll and orchestrated her activities, is now serving a three-year jail sentence.
	www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,,811008,00.html (691 words)

	Chapter 2
		Elf Aquitaine (Elf) was created in 1941 at the initiative of the French government, largely to exploit the Lacq oil and gas field in southwestern France.
		Elf is predominantly an oil- and gas-producing company, and most of its production comes from former French colonies among the African countries surrounding the Bay of Guinea.
		Elf is the seventh largest refiner of crude oil in Europe and seventh largest producer of North Sea crude.
	www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/pgem/ch2b.html (524 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Ex-Elf bosses jailed for sleaze
		They are among 37 people accused of embezzling about $350m from the formerly state-owned oil giant Elf in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
		Under his four-year tenure, the bribes paid out by Elf to officials around the world rocketed from $50m to $130m a year, prosecutors said.
		Elf was privatised in 1994, and says it no longer pays bribes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3264249.stm (403 words)

	Elf Aquitaine To Acquire Pennwalt - New York Times
		LEAD: Elf Aquitaine, the French oil and chemicals giant, said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire the Pennwalt Corporation for nearly $1.1 billion, rescuing the company from a hostile takeover attack by a group of American businessmen.
		Elf Aquitaine, the French oil and chemicals giant, said yesterday that it had agreed to acquire the Pennwalt Corporation for nearly $1.1 billion, rescuing the company from a hostile takeover attack by a group of American businessmen.
		Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine, which is 51 percent owned by the French Government, is one of the world's leading oil companies, with revenues last year of $22 billion.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE5DC1F3DF932A15750C0A96F948260 (734 words)

	Aquitaine – FREE Aquitaine Information \| Encyclopedia.com: Find Aquitaine Research
		After the Carolingian decline, it became a powerful duchy, which by the 10th century controlled much of France south of the Loire.
		It passed to the Capetian line when Eleanor of Aquitaine married Louis VII (1137); on her second marriage, to Henry II of England (1152), it passed to the English Plantagenets.
		The name Guyenne, a corruption of Aquitaine, came into use in the 10th century, and the subsequent history of Aquitaine is merged with that of Gascony and Guyenne.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1B1-355644.html (823 words)

	Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine S.A. \| Business solutions from AllBusiness.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Following weeks of discussion, Elf Aquitaine and TotalFina look set to merge, Thierry Desmarest, the TotalFina chairman is expected to head the new company, The...
		Elf Aquitaine of France is preparing to be a big player in the energy sectors of Syria and Lebanon, where it has offered to fund...
		In October 1997, Elf Aquitaine signed a letter of intent with Rasgas to move 2m t/y of LNG to Lebanon.
	www.allbusiness.com /societe-nationale-elf-aquitaine-s-a/3062565-1.html (591 words)

	Asia Times
		Jaffre also admitted during questioning that Elf Aquitaine paid illegal commissions to the president of Gabon, Omar Bongo, and the president of Togo, Gnassingbe Eyadema, that year for pleading Elf's case before Abacha.
		Jaffre and Elf Aquitaine also stand accused of paying for weapons used in the civil war in Congo-Brazzaville (also known as the Congo Republic) in 1997 in which more than 10,000 people were killed and more than a million forced to leave the country.
		The judicial inquiry into payments made by Elf Aquitaine began in 1994, and is scheduled to be completed next spring.
	atimes.com /atimes/Southeast_Asia/DK02Ae02.html (1168 words)

	The Fordham Institute for Ethics and Economic Policy (FIEEP) at Fordham University
		According to reports, the Elf corruption trial was disrupted for several hours as defence lawyers demanded that the investigating magistrate mainly responsible for bringing the case to court be reprimanded for publishing a revealing book about the case.
		A French prosecutor demanded the maximum prison sentence for the former president of state-run oil giant Elf Aquitaine, saying he and two other senior officials were at the heart of a vast corruption network that lined their pockets and secretly bankrolled politicians and African leaders.
		She claims she was placed in a phony job by Elf Aquitaine to lobby the minister to agree to the sale of six frigates to Taiwan.
	www.fordham.edu /economics/vinod/france.htm (6973 words)

	A Call to Save Samar and Leyte's Biodiversity
		Elf Aquitaine is organizing the "Elf Authentic Adventure" from 15 April to 1 May 1999, which will cut across protected rainforest areas in the islands of Samar and Leyte in the Philippines.
		ELF Aquitaine is a French corporate group engaged in the development, marketing, and shipping of petrochemicals as well as mining of ores such as nickel and coal in France, North America, Africa and Australia.
		ELF competitors will likewise pass through rivers, caves and the coastal areas, all of which support ecosystems which may be irreparably harmed.
	www.philsol.nl /B99/Elf-mar99.htm (2138 words)

	Mystery of Irish address at centre of fraud scandal \| International \| The Observer
		Over the past three weeks, Elf executives giving evidence in the latest trial in Paris have painted a picture of the multi-million franc kickbacks and bribes on deals from the early 1990s.
		At the heart of the affair was Elf's head of special operations Alfred Sirven, who was arrested in the Philippines in February 2001.
		Auchi's job was to caretake the refinery for Elf and he later received a further commission after the US company Conaco made a bid for the refinery.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /international/story/0,6903,953509,00.html (564 words)

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