Thursday, March 22, 2007
Gas pipeline to be built to link gas networks in Syria and Iraq
Gas, Syria
(Iraq Directory) Ali Abbas, director general of the Syrian Gas Company affiliated to the Syrian Ministry of Oil, said that there is coordination with Iraq for the establishment of a central gas pipeline, at a length of 500 kilometers in order to link gas networks in Syria and Iraq. Abbas pointed out that "Iraq and Syria will cooperate to develop gas fields discovered in Iraq and the transfer of raw gas to be processed in the Syrian labs in Deir Al-Zour area on the border between the two countries in order to be transported across the Syrian network to Syrian consumers or exported towards Turkey and Europe".
Labels: Deir Al-Zour, natural gas, Syria, Syrian Gas Company
