Energy Information Administration - Syria Energy Profile

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 Syria Energy Profile
   

Last Update: January 6, 2010 (Petroleum)
Next Update: April 1, 2010 (All Fuels)
For the most recent data, please visit International Energy Statistics

Data

 
2007
2008
 
28 year history
Syria
Middle East
World 
Rank
 
Syria
Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)          
Total Oil Production  432.96 24,589 84,392 32   426.06
Crude Oil Production  380.00
22,081
72,989
32
  369.30
Consumption  265.00
6,393
86,142
47
  273
Net Exports/Imports(-)  167.96
18,196
-- 27   153
Total Oil Exports to U.S.   4
2,202
13,469 48   NA
Refinery Capacity 
240
7,038
85,355
56
  240
Proved Reserves 
(Billion Barrels)
2.500
739
1,317
29
  2.500
 
   
2006
2007
 
27 year history
Syria
Middle East
World
Rank
 
Syria
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)  
Production  221 11,952 103,977
43
  0
Consumption  221 10,268 104,425
55
  0
Net Exports/Imports(-)  0 1,683 -- --   0
Proved Reserves 
8,500 2,565,400 6,124,016
42
  8,500
 
Coal (Million Short Tons)  
Production  0 2 6,779
66
  NA
Consumption  0.004 16 6,737
110
  0.004
Net Exports/Imports(-)  
(Trillion Btu)
- 0.108 -348 --
84
  - 0.108
 
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)  
Net Generation  35.29 641 18,015
56
  NA
Net Consumption  26.46 558 16,379
60
  NA
Installed Capacity (GWe)  7.502 145 4,012
60
  0.00
 
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)  
Production  1.237 65 469
47
  NA
Consumption  0.810 24 472
65
  NA
Energy Intensity  
(Btu per 2000 U.S. Dollars)
11,509 -- -- --   NA
 
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)  
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels  51.08 1,505 29,195
60
  NA
 
Map of Syria

Country Analysis Brief
  • Syria produces and consumes modest quantities of oil and natural gas, but occupies a strategic location in terms of regional security and prospective energy transit routes.
  • Syria is the only significant oil producer and exporter in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Production has been in decline since the mid-1990s while domestic demand has been increasing.
  • Through developing its natural gas resources along with the development of a regional pipeline system, Syria plans to become a regional hub for natural gas transport.
  • Syria’s demand for electricity is growing rapidly and some liberalization in the power sector is starting to attract needed private capital to fund expansion of generating capacity.

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 Related Information

International Petroleum Monthly

International Energy Annual

International Energy Outlook yearly energy projections through 2030

Short Term Energy Outlook monthly energy projections through 2009

Annual Energy Outlook yearly US energy projections through 2030


 

 
    -- = Not applicable; NA = Not available; F = Forecast value
 
Sources: EIA, International Energy Annual, Short Term Energy Outlook, Table 3a, Table 3b (Forecast values)

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