VOL. XXXVI

NO. 3

19-OCTOBER-1992

Syria

UOP Completes Study on Upgrading of Refineries

The British affiliate of the US firm UOP earlier this month submitted to theSyrian authorities its final study on the upgrading of Syria's two state-ownedrefineries at Homs (5.2mn tons/year) and Banias (6mn tons/year). The contractfor the study, valued at about $1mn, was awarded to UOP in September 1990, alongwith subcontracts to the British affiliates of Bechtel and Chem Systems of theUS (MEES, 15 October 1990)....