Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 35

30-August-2004

SYRIA

Joint Syrian-Chinese Firm Established For Qubibe Field Redevelopment

Syrian Oil Minister Ibrahim Haddad on 26 July announced the establishment of the Syrian-Chinese Oil Company (Kokab) to work on the redevelopment of the Qubibe oilfield in al-Hasaka Governorate in the northeast of the country. In March last year, the Syrian Petroleum Company signed an improved oil recovery (IOR) agreement for the Qubibe field with China National...