SYRIA - The Suwaidiyah Associated Gas Treatment/Processing
Plant.
The first gas plant to be built in Syria, Suwaidiyah's
facility came on stream in late 1973 to treat associated gas. A bigger,
modern processing plant was built later and came on stream at . . .
SYRIA - The Jibeissah Gas Treatment/Processing Plant.
The fourth largest gas plant and the second to be built in Syria,
the Jibeissah facility in the north-east of the country was expanded in
late 1999 to 3.2 MCM/day of raw gas. The mechanical work . . .
SYRIA - Mhardeh.
Clean gas from the Omar plant is transported to the 630 MW power
station of Mhardeh. This is done through a 220-km, 18 inch, spur line to
the main national gas grid. The link is at a junction in . . .
SYRIA - Al-Thayyem Turbines.
Four gas turbines have been installed in AFPC's al-Thayyem
oilfield near the town of Deir ez-Zor in north-eastern Syria. The first
started up at the end of February 1990 and the other two followed . . .
SYRIA - The Omar Associated Gas Treatment/Processing
Plant.
On stream since 1991, this system treats and processes associated
gases gathered from the oil fields of Omar, North Omar, Shahel,
al-'Izba and Tanak through a 77-km long gathering network. . . .
SYRIA - The Palmyra Plant.
The second largest in the country, the treatment and processing
plant in the Palmyra region has a design capacity of 7.5 MCM/day of raw
gas. Its expansion to this capacity was completed in late . . .
SYRIA - Syria's Gas Processing Plants & Their
Markets.
Syria's installed capacity for production and processing of
associated and non-associated natural gas exceeds actual consumption by
4 MCM/day, having reached 26 MCM/day, up from less than 22 MCM/d . . .
SYRIA - The Power Sector.
There has been rapid growth in electric power generation capacity
in Syria in recent years. Installed capacity now is over 8,200 MW,
compared to a little over 4,000 MW in early 1998. This includes . . .
SYRIA - The Gas Sector.
Allaw's ministry is pushing ahead with plans to boost
production of natural gas with construction of three gas treatment
plants. To be completed by 2010, these plants would increase gas output
by . . .
SYRIA - Local Consumption.
Despite the shift to natural gas since the 1980s, Syria's oil
consumption has risen to 275,000 b/d and may exceed 300,000 b/d in 2008
in view of an increase in smuggling. Syria's total . . .
SYRIA - The Subsidies Burden.
Syria runs on very cheap gasoil/diesel but can no longer afford to
subsidise the fuel whose sulphurous fumes pervade the traffic-clogged
streets of Damascus. State finances are already strained by . . .
SYRIA - The Energy Base Of Syria.
Syria is shifting to natural gas for domestic energy. Its oil
production and reserves are declining. With a population now exceeding
21.5m and growing at 3.4% per annum, Damascus is concentrating . . .
SUDAN - Khartoum-Beijing Relations.
Chinese President Hu Jintao visited in Sudan in February 2007. It
was then said Hu had unique influence because China was buying 60% of
Sudan's crude oil output, building projects such as the $2 . . .
SUDAN - Oil Consumption.
In 2006, Sudan consumed 94,000 b/d. An APS source in Khartoum on
Feb. 10, 2008, said current oil consumption in Sudan was still less than
100,000 b/d.
According official trade statistics as . . .
SUDAN - Oil Income.
On Jan. 9, the Finance and Economy Ministry in Khartoum was
reported as saying Sudan's total oil revenues in November 2007 were
$449.18m and the revenues of the crude oil processed at local . . .
SUDAN - Exports.
The real figures of Sudan's current crude oil and fuels
exports is a mystery as the Khartoum government is not transparent on
this matter. But media reports from countries importing Sudanese . . .
SUDAN - US Firm Claiming Rights To Block B Has Recruited SPLA
Generals.
One example of problems being faced by smaller firms having gained
oil E&P rights in southern Sudan before the SPLM joined Khartoum in
a national unity government is the one of Jarch Management . . .
SUDAN - Oil Sector's Background.
Exploration in Sudan began in the mid-1970s. Chevron drilled
several successful wells in Abyei in the early 1980s, beginning with
Taiyib-1 in 1981. Chevron pulled out in 1984, after an attack on . . .
SUDAN - North-South Tensions Remain - The Darfur Issue.
In his monthly report to the UNSC, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
on Feb. 20 urged Khartoum and all Darfur rebel groups to agree to a
ceasefire, saying deteriorating security was undermining . . .
The Egyptian Ruling Structure & Shift To Economy.
The regime of Egypt, under President Husni Mubarak, has been among
the most stable in the Middle East in the past 26 years. Despite
problems such as Islamic militancy with violent overtones since . . .
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