Syrian Petroleum Company
| Syrian Petroleum Company | |
|---|---|
| legal form | |
| founding | 1974 |
| Seat | Damascus , Syria |
| management | Ahmad Mualla, CEO (as of 2008) |
| Branch | Petroleum, natural gas |
| Website | Syrian Petroleum Company |
Syrian Petroleum Company ( SPC ; Arabic شركة السورية للنفط, DMG Šarikat as-sūriyya li-n-nafṭ ) is a Syrian state-owned company with its headquarters in Damascus . The company is active in the extraction and production of petroleum . The company was founded in 1974. SPC owns 50 percent of the shares in Syria's largest oil producer, al-Furat Petroleum Company . The oil companies Royal Dutch Shell and Petro-Canada hold additional shares in al-Furat Petroleum Company .
Furthermore, SPC owns the following shares in companies (as of 2008):
- Amrit Petroleum Company (50%)
- Awda Petroleum Company (50%)
- Dujla Petroleum Company (50%)
- Hayyan (50%)
- Kawkab Oil Company (KOC) (50%)
- Deir Ezzor Petroleum Company (50%)
On February 14, 2009, the Syrian government restructured the state-owned companies and established the General Cooperation for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products by law . Since then the following companies have belonged to it:
- Baniyas Refinery Company
- Homs Refinery Company
- Syrian Company for Distribution and Storage Petroleum Products
- Syrian Company for Gas Distribution.
Another law established the General Petroleum Company (GPC). This took over the following companies:
- Syrian Gas Company
- Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC)
- Syrian Petroleum Transportation Company
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- ↑ Oilvoice: Syrian Petroleum Company - Description ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Zawya: Syrian Petroleum Company
