Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 5

1-Feb-2010

SYRIA

Syrian Drilling Brings Contrasting Results For Stratic And IPRMEL

Canadas Stratic Energy Corporation announced on 25 January that it has plugged and abandoned the Al-Tayr-101 well in Block 17 in Syria, following an unsuccessful test program. Stratic, operator with a 35% interest in the block, said that the well was spudded on 7 October 2009 and drilled to a depth of 3,150ms. It encountered gas shows throughout the Kurrachine...