VOL. XXXI

NO. 24

21-MARCH-1988

SYRIA

FPC Boosts Output to 106,000 B/D; Makes Promising New Discovery atOmar

MEES learns that the output of light, low sulfur crude (36.5 API, less than1%S) from al-Furat Petroleum Company's Dair al-Zur concession in northeast Syriahas risen to 106,000 b/d since early February, and that all the crude is beingdelivered for refining at the Syrian state-owned Homs refinery.

Al-Furat Petroleum Company (FPC) is owned 50% by the state-owned SyrianPetroleum Company, 15.625%...