VOL. XLVII

No 04

26-January-2004

SYRIA

Syrias SPC Awards Block 24 To US, Indian Consortium

The Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC) and the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources signed a production-sharing agreement (PSA) on 15 January for Block 24 covering the Raqqa and Dair Al-Zur areas with a consortium comprising Indias Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Texas-based Improved Petroleum Recovery Group (IPR). Under the agreement, the foreign partners must spend $7.5mn over the first...