Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 35

30-Aug-2010

IRAN

Iran And Syria Discuss Energy Cooperation Plans

Meeting in Tehran on 20 August, Iranian Minister of Petroleum Masoud Mirkazemi and Syrian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sufian 'Alaw discussed energy cooperation plans, including the construction of a gas line from Iran to Iraq and Syria to export Iranian gas to Syria and other markets, and a joint venture 140,000 b/d refinery project between Iran, Syria and Venezuela, which...