VOL. XLV

No 20

20-May-2002

SYRIA

Syria Launches 2002Licensing Round For 11 Blocks

TheSyrian Petroleum Company (SPC) has invited international oil companies (IOCs) to bid for licenses for eleven exploration andproduction blocks covering a total 63,300 sq km to be developed underproduction-sharing agreements under the 2002 upstream licensing round. Theselected potential blocks are located in different petroleum basins where theexpected undiscovered petroleum resources are very high, SPC said in a...