Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 13

29-March-2010

SYRIA

Ebla Gas Project Starts Test Production

Syrias General Petroleum Corporation (GPC) announced on 16 March the start up of test production at the Ebla gas treatment plant a joint venture project with Petro-Canada to develop and produce natural gas from the Ash-Shaer and Cheriffe fields. The project involves the drilling of 10 wells six for gas, three for oil and one water well; the construction of a gas gathering plant at Ash-Shaer...