Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 6

07-February-2005

SYRIA

Syria Awards Gas Project To Syrian Companies

The Syrian government has awarded the Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) and the Syrian Gas Company the contract for the development of the North and South Middle Area gas project in Syria, the countrys Oil Minister Ibrahim Haddad confirmed in an interview with al-Hayat of 28 January. A consortium of international companies consisting of Petro-Canada (operator) and US firms Occidental and...