VOL. XLVI

No 47

24-November-2003

SYRIA

Syria Awards Upstream Block 2 To Petro-Canada

Syrias Ministry of Oil awarded the 6,762 sq km north-eastern upstream Block 2 to Petro-Canada on 13 November (For map, see MEES, 6 January). The Canadian company will reprocess existing 2D seismic data, acquire an additional 250km of 2D seismic and carry out geological studies within the block, which is located to the north of Deir Ez-Zor. Petro-Canada is committed to drilling two exploration wells during the...