Syria plans new 150,000-bpd refinery to boost output
Government aims to restore energy capacity as existing facilities operate below capacity after years of conflict
DAMASCUS, Syria (MNTV) — Syria’s post-Assad government announced plans to construct a new oil refinery with a processing capacity of 150,000 barrels per day, according to the country’s energy minister in remarks to state-run Ekhbariya TV.
Officials said the new project is part of broader efforts to rebuild the national energy sector, which has suffered extensive infrastructure damage over more than a decade of conflict. Current national oil production stands at roughly 130,000 barrels per day.
The Baniyas refinery, one of Syria’s key facilities, is operating at a reduced level of about 95,000 barrels per day due to deterioration in several units, the channel reported earlier this week.
Prior to the 2011 uprising, Syria exported nearly 380,000 barrels per day, but output and refining capacity collapsed as the conflict expanded and critical energy sites were damaged or fell out of state control.
The newly installed administration that replaced former president Bashar al-Assad in December last year has pledged to prioritize economic revival, with energy infrastructure rehabilitation identified as a central component of its recovery strategy.
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