VOL. XXXII

NO. 18

6-FEBRUARY-1989

SYRIA

SNEA Acquires Oil Acreage in Dair al-Zur Area

Under an agreement signed recently with the Syrian authorities, SocieteNationale Elf Aquitaine (SNEA) has acquired oil and gas exploration rights ina 4,000 sq. km. area in the Dair al-Zur region in northeast Syria, on territory relinquished by the Shell group from the concession area in which thegroup made a number of substantial discoveries such as the Tayyim and Omarfields. The terms of the SNEA agreement,...