VOL. XXXIII

NO. 23

12-MARCH-1990

Syria

Syria's Recoverable Gas Reserves Put at 157bn Cu. Ms.

Syria's recoverable gas reserves are currently put at 157bn cu. ms.,according to a recent study prepared by the state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company(SPC) and submitted to OAPEC's second seminar on "The Utilization ofNatural Gas in the Arab Countries." This represents an increase of 39.6%over the figure of 112.5bn cu. ms. given in a similar study by the SPC about ayear ago (MEES, 6 February 1989). A...