VOL. XXXII

NO. 28

17-APRIL-1989

SYRIA

Syria ConcludeS Oil Exploration Agreements with Pentagon

Petroleum and Unocal Syria has concluded two oil production-sharingconcession agreements for acreage in the northeast of the country, one with agroup comprising Pentagon Petroleum of Baton Rouge, USA, Neste Oy of Finland(operator) and Phoenix Resources (subsidiary of Texas International), and theother with Unocal Corporation.

The agreement with the Pentagon group, signed in Damascus on 27 March, is for...