VOL.XXXVIII

NO.4

24-OCTOBER-1994

Syria

Exploration Activities In Syria Slow Down

Exploration activities in Syria are slowing down amid reports of furtherdepartures by foreign oil companies. Unocal, which acquired the Tal Abyad permitin northern Syria on the Turkish border in 1992 (MEES, 16 November 1992), isreportedly winding down its operations after the unsuccessful completion of itsexploration obligations in the initial three-year period of the concessionagreement. France's Total, which was...