VOL. XXXII

NO. 38

26-JUNE-1989

SYRIA

Omar Output Drops to 31,000 b/d

MEES understands that output at al-Furat Petroleum Company's Omar field inthe Dair al-Zur concession in northeast Syria has dropped from about 100,000 b/dlast March to 31,000 b/d at present as a result of producing the field at ratestechnically considered too high.

Last February the Syrian Government, which is suffering from an acuteshortage of foreign exchange, requested al-Furat Petroleum Company (FPC) tostep up production from...