Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 47

23-Nov-2009

syria

Syria Inaugurates Gas Projects

Syrian President Bashar al-Asad on 18 November inaugurated the recently completed South Middle Area Gas Project and the first phase of the Arab Gas Pipeline (AGP), which has been in operation since July 2008, delivering Egyptian gas to Syria (MEES, 14 July 2008). The inauguration was attended by Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad 'Utari and the Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sufian 'Alaw, together...