Syrian Petroleum Company
State owned | |
Industry | Oil and gas |
Founded | 1974 |
Headquarters | Damascus, Syria |
Products | Petroleum |
Parent | General Petroleum Company |
Website |
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The Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC, Arabic: شركة النفط السورية) is a state-owned oil exploration and production company. The company was established in 1974. It is a part of the General Petroleum Company.[1]
SPC operated fields around Al-Sweidiyeh in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, including Al-Houla, Shadada, Jbeissa, Sweidiya, Rumailan and Al-Omar.[2][3] In March 2011, SPC produced about 55% of total oil produced in Syria.[4] On 18 August 2011, SPC was put into the United States sanctions list due to the Syrian civil war.[5]
Subsidiaries
The Syrian Petroleum Company owns 50% stake in Syria's main oil producer—Al-Furat Petroleum Company. Other shareholders of the Al-Furat Petroleum Company are Royal Dutch Shell, India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, and the China National Petroleum Corporation.[6][7]
Other subsidiaries are:
- Amrit Petroleum Company (50%)
- Awda Petroleum Company (50%)
- Dujla Petroleum Company (50%)
- Hayyan (50%)
- Kawkab Oil Company [KOC] (50%)
- Deir Ezzor Petroleum Company (50%)[8]
References
- ↑ Country Analysis Briefs: 1994: Profiles of Major World Energy Producers, Consumers, and Transport Centers. DIANE Publishing. 1995. p. 70. ISBN 9780788125003.
- ↑ "Hitting Islamic State's oil operations". BBC News. 2014-09-25. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ↑ "EU eases Syria oil embargo to help opposition". BBC News. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ↑ Butter, David (2014-04-02). "Fueling Conflict: Syria's War for Oil and Gas". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ↑ "Factbox: Sanctions imposed on Syria". Reuters. 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ↑ "Syrian Petroleum Company - Description". OilVoice. Archived from the original on 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2008-06-28.
- ↑ "The 2006 Annual Report for Petro-Canada (see Discontinued Operations, p. 32)" (PDF). PetroCanada. Retrieved 2011-11-10.
- ↑ "Syrian Petroleum Company". Zawya. Retrieved 2008-06-28.