Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 22

30-May-2011

syria

Total/Petro-Canada Awarded Syrian Onshore Block

Syria’s General Petroleum Corporation (GPC) announced on its website the award of an oil and gas exploration license for onshore Block 3 to a joint venture made up of France’s Total and Petro-Canada, following the evaluation of bids from a number of international companies. Block 3, which covers an area of 10,400 sq km in Northeast Syria adjacent to the Turkish...