VOL. XXXV

NO. 48

31-AUGUST-1992

Syria

FPC Awards Drilling Contract to Hungarian Firm

Al-Furat Petroleum Company (FPC) has awarded a $12mn contract for drillingin al-Isba field in eastern Syria to the Hungarian state-owned LowlandsPetroleum Exploration Company. This forms part of the program to step up FPC'sproduction from the current 340,000 b/d to 400,000 b/d by the end of 1992 (MEES,24 August). Lowlands' drilling operations will cover the two-year periodSeptember 1992-August 1994. The company...