Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 39

27-September-2004

SYRIA

Syria’s Liquids Output Drops To 470,000 B/D As Al-Furat Production Declines

MEES learns that Syria’s leading producer, al-Furat Petroleum Company (AFPC, comprising state-owned Syrian Petroleum Company – SPC – Shell and PetroCanada), is experiencing a further decline in production, which is now averaging 212,000 b/d of crude oil, down from a 1992-94 peak of 400,000 b/d (Table 1). ...