Following its participation in the first International Bid Round in Syria, CanArgo Energy has recently won exclusive rights to negotiate a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for Block XIX in southern part of the Republic.
These negotiations have now commenced, and award of the PSC is subject to satisfactory conclusion of these negotiations and ratification of the PSC by the Syrian Parliament. The block comprises 6,000 square kilometers of under-explored acreage in the Sirhan Basin in the south of the country, bordering Jordan.
There are two oil and gas plays in the block, one Paleozoic and one Mesozoic; these plays have been successfully exploited in both eastern Iraq and more recently in neighboring north-eastern Jordan.
On the successful signing of the PSC it is planned to acquire seismic data during an initial period in order to identify leads prior to committing to an exploration drilling program. CanArgo is seeking suitable partners to work with on this PSC.
CanArgo is a UK-based independent oil and gas exploration and production company with its oil and gas operations currently located in the Republic of Georgia, Ukraine and the Caspian Sea. — (menareport.com)
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