Minister of Oil Sufiyan Al-aw of Syria

For his part, Syrian Oil Minister Sufiyan al-Aw said Syria and Iraq are mulling the development of Okash gas field on the joint borders in preparations for linking it to the Syrian gas grid.

Syrian oil minister Sufiyan al-Aw says Damascus will soon sign an agreement with Iran to start a gasoline rationing program in Syria.

Egypt's Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmi and Syria's Petroleum and Mineral Wealth Minister Sufiyan al-Aw discussed during their meeting in Cairo the implemented stages of the Arab Gas Pipeline that exports Egyptian natural gas to Middle East countries.