Chevron has signed an MoU with Syria’s state oil company and a Qatari partner to evaluate offshore oil and gas potential in Syrian territorial waters in an agreement that covers data access and early-stage technical assessment only. It includes no drilling commitment, no development plan, and no production timeline. It does not alter Syria’s current oil output. It’s a tantalizing prospect. Syria’s coastline sits within the Levant Basin, the same petroleum system that delivered Tamar, Leviathan, and Karish offshore Israel.…