Subject: re : saudi arabia i spoke to mr . maldinado this morning and it doesn ' t look good . he claims he has a connection to the minister of " energy " who will allocate gas to him . i asked where would the gas be delivered , and he said anywhere you want it . short term or long term ? again , anything you want , but probably long term is better . i pointed out that there isn ' t an energy minister in saudi and would he know the name of the minister whose giving him the gas ? he stumbled and couldn ' t remember the name . finally he said " what do you have to lose ? just send me a letter requesting gas with the specs , location and duration " and he ' ll do his best to get it . if you want to try it rob , he ' s all yours . his fax number is 562 / 866 - 7368 , address 16276 grand avenue , bellflower , ca 90706 . regards , samir rob stewart 07 / 20 / 2000 02 : 47 am to : samir salama / enron _ development @ enron _ development cc : subject : saudi arabia this sounds right up your street thanks - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - forwarded by rob stewart / enron _ development on 07 / 20 / 2000 02 : 45 am - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - daren j farmer @ ect 06 / 15 / 2000 03 : 05 pm to : rob stewart / eu / enron @ enron cc : subject : saudi arabia rob , i got your name from doug leach . he thought that you would be the person to talk to about this . i got a call last night from rudolph maldonado . ( the operator forwarded him our way . ) he stated that he has some natural gas to sell in saudi arabia . his number is 562 - 866 - 1755 . could you give him a call and check this out ? i told him that i would find someone that he could discuss this with . i can be reached at 3 - 6905 if you have any questions . daren farmer