VOL. XXXIII

NO. 20

19-FEBRUARY-1990

Syria

Homs Refinery Converts Furnaces to Gas

The Syrian state-owned Homs refinery's furnaces have been converted toutilize gas instead of fuel oil in a bid to save on fuel. The refinery, whichhas a processing capacity of 5.2mn tons/year, was previously run on 800 tons/dayof fuel oil and the conversion to gas will, according to Syrian sources, providethe country with $27mn a year in additional oil exports.

Syria's only other refinery, located at Banias, is still...