Syria will receive two electricity-generating ships from Turkey and Qatar to boost energy supplies hit by damage to infrastructure during President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, state news agency SANA quoted an official as saying on Tuesday. Khaled Abu Dai, director general of the General Establishment for Electricity Transmission and Distribution, told …
Read More »Turkey Says It’s Ready to Supply Electricity to Syria and Lebanon
Turkey is working to resolve the energy supply issues in Syria and is ready to provide electricity to the country, where Ankara supported the rebels who toppled Bashar al-Assad earlier this month, Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said on Monday. “The vast majority of people meet their electricity needs with …
Read More »Turkey Eyes Role in Syrian Oil and Gas Production
Turkey has signaled it wants to take part in the revival of oil and gas production in Syria, Bloomberg has reported, citing a statement by Turkey’s energy minister. Speaking to the media, Alparslan Bayraktar said that Turkey was working to help Syria with its electricity supply, adding that expanding this …
Read More »Syrian Oil Supply Crisis Deepens as Iraq Cuts Exports
Iraq has suspended crude oil deliveries to Syria, a member of the Iraqi parliament said on social media as quoted by BNE Intellinews. The statement coincided with one by Iraq’s foreign minister, who expressed concern about the security situation in the country that was taken over Islamist groups. “Iraq has …
Read More »Iraq to Dispatch Fuel to Syria, Turkey after Earthquake Disaster
Iraq will dispatch 60,000 tons of fuel oil to neighboring Syria following last week’s deadly earthquakes that killed thousands. In a statement, the Iraqi government said the aid shipment will be delivered to the Syrian side through Al-Mikhtaf area in the Iraqi territorial waters. The statement said the aid shipment …
Read More »Iran, Syria Enjoy High Potential to Boost Coop. In Oil Sector
Syrian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources described cooperation between the oil ministries of Iran and Syria as good, emphasizing that the two countries have high capacity to increase bilateral cooperation in oil sector. Bassam Tomeh made the remarks on Sunday on the sidelines of the 3rd International Exhibition of …
Read More »3rd Iranian Ship Carrying Fuel Docks in Syria’s Banias Port
Simultaneously with the presence of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Syria, media sources reported the arrival of a new oil tanker of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the port of “Banias” in northern Syria. The fuel oil that reached Banias port is the result of the activation of …
Read More »Iran’s Export of Non-Oil Products to Syria Hits 36% Growth
Director-General of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO)’s Office of Arabian and African Countries put Iran’s export of non-oil products to Syrian Arab Republic at 36 percent in the first four months of the current year. Speaking in an interview with FNA on Sat., Farzad Piltan reiterated that country’s export …
Read More »US Controls Major Syrian Oil Field
Syrian Oil Minister Bassam Toma’a has revealed that around 90 per cent of Syrian oil is under the control of US forces, Aram News Network reported on Friday. “The Americans and their followers are acting like pirates as they are targeting the Syrian oil wealth and oil supplies,” the Syrian …
Read More »Iranian Firms to Build Dam, Water Transmission Lines in Syria
Under a Memorandum of Understanding inked between Iran and Syria, Iranian companies will construct dam and water transmission lines in Syria. Iranian Deputy Ministry of Energy for Water and Wastewater Affairs and Syria’s Deputy Ministry of Water Resources emphasized the need for implementing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran …
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