VOL. XXXIII

NO. 3

23-OCTOBER-1989

Syria

Marathon Abandons Two Gas Delineation Wells

Reports from Syria indicate that Marathon Petroleum has abandoned two gasdelineation wells it was drilling in its Palmyra concession under the terms ofits renewed concession agreement with Syria (MEES, 8 May) to determine thesize of the gas reserves discovered with the Cherrife-2 and Ash Shaer-1 wells in1982 and 1985 respectively. The two wells, Ash Shaer-2 and 4, developedtechnical problems and had to be plugged...