Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 17

26-April-2010

SYRIA

Syria Inaugurates Ebla Gas Project

Syrian President Bashar al-Asad on 22 April inaugurated the $1.2bn Ebla gas project in Furqlus in central Syria. Earlier on 19 April Canadas Suncor Energy announced that the first commercial gas production from the project had started and that Suncor began on that day selling its production into the domestic market. The Ebla project includes the Ash Shaer and Cherrife development areas, covering a...