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Syrian Petroleum Company

Logo: SPC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Syrian state-owned oil company

The Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC, Arabic: الشركة السورية للنفط, or Syria Petroleum) is a state-owned oil exploration and production company. The company was established in 1974 and re-established in 2025 by Decree No. 189. SPC operated fields around Al-Sweidiyeh in the Al-Hasakah Governorate, including Al-Houla, Shadada, Jbeissa, Sweida and Rmelan.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1974Founded1
  • Industrypetroleum industry1
  • HeadquartersDamascus1
  • Websitespc.sy

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The Syrian Petroleum Company (SPC, Arabic: الشركة السورية للنفط, or Syria Petroleum) is a state-owned oil exploration and production company. The company was established in 1974 and re-established in 2025 by Decree No. 189.2

Products and brands

  • petroleum

Listed on Wikidata.1

The Syrian Petroleum Company owns a 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.

Other subsidiaries are:

Amrit Petroleum Company (50%)

Awda Petroleum Company (50%)

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Dujla Petroleum Company (50%)

Hayyan (50%)

Kawkab Oil Company [KOC] (50%)

Deir Ezzor Petroleum Company (50%)

From Wikipedia’s article on Syrian Petroleum Company, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

  1. 1974Founded Founded1

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