Syria and Jordan have signed an settlement to produce pure gasoline to Syria by way of Jordanian territory, in a transfer aimed toward strengthening Syria’s fragile electrical energy grid, officers stated to Reuters.
The settlement, signed at Syria’s Ministry of Vitality in Damascus, brings collectively the Syrian Petroleum Firm and Jordan’s Nationwide Electrical Energy Firm. Beneath the deal, Syria will obtain round 4 million cubic meters (mmcm/d) of pure gasoline per day, equal to roughly 140 million cubic toes (mmcf), to assist energy era.
The newest settlement builds on a broader regional power association signed in 2025 to move gasoline to Syria through Jordan. The initiative is being financed by Qatar as a part of efforts to alleviate Syria’s extreme electrical energy shortages following years of battle and injury to power infrastructure.
Jordan’s Vitality Minister Saleh al-Kharabsheh stated gasoline deliveries started on January 1, with present day by day volumes ranging between 30 and 90 mmcf, in keeping with Syrian state media.
Syria’s Vitality Minister, Mohamed Al-Bashir, stated the deal would assist the nation diversify its power provide sources and enhance electrical energy availability throughout the nation.
Fuel provides are at the moment being delivered by way of the Energos Drive floating storage and regasification vessel, leased from Egypt and docked at Jordan’s Crimson Sea port of Aqaba till the top of March.
Al-Kharabsheh added that Jordan’s Nationwide Electrical Energy Firm has begun procedures to lease a brand new floating storage and regasification unit to interchange the present vessel, making certain uninterrupted gasoline provides past March.
