VOL. XXXIV

NO. 49

9-SEPTEMBER-1991

Syria

Yukong Acquires 25% Interest in al-Nabk Permit

South Korea's Yukong Ltd. has acquired a 25% interest in al-Nabk block which was awarded to the OccidentalsubsidiaryDamascus Petroleum under a production-sharing agreement concluded with Syria inDecember 1990 (MEES, 10 December 1990 and 28 January 1991). Al-Nabk block coversan area of 1.7mn acres (6,880 sq. kms.) in southwest Syria and lies immediatelynorth of the 2.8mn acre (11,525-sq. km) Bosra block near...