VOL. XXXII

NO. 12/13

26-DEC-1988/2 JAN1989

SYRIA

Omar Field to Start Production in Early 1989

Production from al-Furat Petroleum Company's (FPC's) Omar field in the Dairal-Zur concession in northeast Syria is scheduled to start in early 1989 at arate of about 100,000 b/d of extra light 41 API, low-sulfur crude. The companyis currently producing some 100,000 b/d also of light (36.5 API) low-sulfurcrude from the Tayyim and other smaller fields in the Dair al-Zur and al-Shamconcessions. With the...