SYRIA

New Syrian Discovery Expected to Yield 30,000-50,000 b/d 

Realistic assessments of the new discovery of light crude oil in Syria (MEES, 8 and 22 October) are currently putting the production potential of the find at around 30,000 to 50,000 b/d, MEES learns from Damascus sources. However, a good deal of appraised work still needs to be done before any precise evaluation can be made, and some Syrian oil circles are more optimistic, feeling that the discovery's development...