Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 20

17-May-2010

SYRIA

INA And Petro-Canada Drill New Wells In Syria

Croatias INA Naftaplin announced on 4 May that it started the drilling of a new exploration well on 24 April Beer al-Sib-1 in the onshore Aphamia Block 10 in central Syria. INA, which is majority-owned by Hungarys MOL, said in a statement that its management has given support to the continuation of exploration activity at Aphamia and that the well will reach a depth of 2,900ms. INA...