VOL. XXXVII

NO. 12

20-DECEMBER-1993

Syria

Syria Ponders New Refinery

MEES learns that the Syrian authorities are currently studying thefeasibility of constructing a new domestic-oriented, 40,000-b/d refinery, butare not ruling out the option of upgrading existing facilities. Syria now hastwo refineries at Homs (104,000 b/d) and Banias (120,000 b/d), and a study fortheir upgrading was completed in October 1992 by the British affiliate of the USfirm UOP (MEES, 19 October 1992). Neither refinery has...