Syria Produced 386,000 Oil Barrels, 27 Million Cubic Meters of Gas per Day in First Half of 2010

During the first half of 2010, the amount of petroleum produced in Syria reached 69.9 million barrels of light crude oil, heavy crude oil and condensates, with a rate of 386,000 barrels per day marking an increase of 10,986 barrels from the same period in 2009.

The Syrian Petroleum Company produced 49.7% of overall oil production with 34.7 million barrels at the rate of 192,000 barrels per day. Companies working with foreign partners produced the remainder of the 33.5 million barrels.

Syria produces 27 million cubic meters of gas per day

Syria’s production of natural gas during the first half of 2010 amounted to 4.9 billion cubic meters at the rate of 27 million cubic meters per day.

3.2 billion cubic meters of produced and imported clean gas were delivered to the Ministry of Electricity at the rate of 18 million cubic meters per day, marking an increase of 5.6 million cubic meters per day compared to the same period in 2009.

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