LONDON: Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa met Frank Mount, president of corporate business development at Chevron, to discuss the progress of an energy project along the Syrian coast. The US energy giant will begin offshore gas exploration this summer, marking Syria’s first deep-water gas project, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. The Syrian Petroleum Company announced that the country has five offshore exploration blocks extending from Tartus to Latakia in the Mediterranean Sea.

LONDON: Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa met Frank Mount, president of corporate business development at Chevron, to discuss the progress of an energy project along the Syrian…

The country's leaders are seeking to translate a flurry of oil and gas agreements into concrete investments and rebuild an industry devastated by more than a decade of war,…