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Syria is located in the north western part of the Arabian platform.
The geographical location of Syria on the Mediterranean sea and the similarity in the geological
development with Iraq and Iran ,where the existence of oil was proven earlier , have been attracted the
researchers care for the petroleum resource toSyria .
In the period of 1923 1950: Iraq petroleum company and then Syria oil company have been acquired a
Concession for oil exploration, where /11/ wells were drilled with out petroleum discoveries .
In the period of 1951 1956: /6/ wells were drilled and petroleum was discovered in Karachouk field for
the first time .
In 1956 Concordia Company had signed an exploration contract and drilled /12/ wells where oil
accumulations were discovered in Souedieh field .

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In 1957 the Syrian Government had concluded a technical and economical cooperation contract with the
soviet union
In 1958 General Corporate For Oil Affairs was established and entrusted to supervise the oil industry in
Cooperationwith theSoviet side,where during this period a geological map for Syria was made .
The SPC was established in 1974 and was entrusted to execute oil and gas exploration and production
operations in all parts of Syria.
In the period of 1961 1975: the SPC had executed drilling of / 485 / wild cat and exploratory wells and
put a number of structures into Production .
A contract had signed with Rom petroleum company to explore oil.This company had withdrawn after
drilling7wells .
In the period of 1975 1985 : a group of Contracting companies for oil exploration were entered and
executed geological and geophysical works over almost the whole acreage of Syria . During this period 270
exploration wells were drilled .
The SPC had recorded several discoveries , while the contracting companies didnt achieve any discoveries
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In the period of 1986 1995 : this period had been characterized by increasing the exploratory activity
whether by the SPC or by the contracting companies where exploration contracts had signed with /12/
foreign companies ( shell , Elf Total , Marathon and Tulo Companies ) were achieved significant
discoveries of oil and gas in different parts of Syria . The SPChad discovered /15/ oil and gas fields
In the period of 1995 2006 : A new group of Contracting companies for oil exploration had entered and
signed 13 contracts with the Syrian Petroleum Company which they are 11 companies .

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Decree 450
Dcree 195 of 1974

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