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00:00:00and he replied positively, he said: "I will send you
00:00:04the details of everything, God willing, after
00:00:07the session," but time, in reality, does not permit. We have been listening to the station for almost an
00:00:11hour
00:00:14held the position of head of operations branch in and a half. Your Excellency, the Deputy, regardless of the answers, have you sensed
00:00:17a positive response? Have you sensed a positive response from
00:00:23producing from directly. So if they are technically the minister regarding subsidies for some parliamentary demands from the street and the Syrian people? Now he
00:00:26is reviewing his information,
00:00:29I mean, excuse me. Did he give us any promises? No, of course not.
00:00:34is not only with Now, perhaps
00:00:35supplies, but also with there are demands to re-examine prices,
00:00:38perhaps there are demands to suspend the increase
00:00:41in electricity prices, meaning the
00:00:44previous decision. There is a request to stop this
00:00:48decision until the income of
00:00:51and supervised the average citizen in the street improves,
00:00:54not the employee whose salary has
00:00:56relatively increased to a good extent.
00:01:01My impression of this session is very positive. This is the
00:01:05second session we have with the minister, and we had a session with the Minister of Education and also
00:01:08the Minister of Energy. Thank you, and God willing,
00:01:11this is what His Excellency the President said
00:01:15about listening to the ministers and questioning them
00:01:18and asking them what we want.
00:01:20In fact, this is something I have sensed from everyone
00:01:24in my surroundings in the area where
00:01:27I reside in Damascus, they are all happy. Why?
00:01:30Because it is the first time they hear
00:01:34to the industrial zone in frankly from a minister
00:01:36Sheikh Najjar. The industrial zone in under the parliament dome with this transparency and with this... Well, you might tell
00:01:39me, did he cover everything and answer everything? Of course not, time does not
00:01:43permit, firstly. Secondly, perhaps there are answers
00:01:47that are not ready for him to give us,
00:01:51so perhaps we will ask him to send them via correspondence
00:01:54with the office of the Speaker of the People's
00:01:57Assembly, and perhaps after two or three days
00:02:00at most, all the answers will come to us in writing, God willing. God bless you
00:02:04and may God protect you. Thank you, thank you very much, Your Excellency, the Deputy. A thousand thanks to you. May God protect
00:02:07you. Yes, we are continuing also, or we will continue
00:02:12excuse me, Doctor, for this coverage. Perhaps after the break, the deputies will return to the hall for
00:02:16the minister, Mr. Muhammad Al-Bashir, Minister of Energy, to answer
00:02:21agreements. After all this, the remaining parliamentary
00:02:22I mean, I am speaking this questions. Certainly, Jamil Qassem,
00:02:24Syrian News reporter, we continue with you in this coverage and we may return to you
00:02:28at a later time during this coverage on the Syrian News screen.
00:02:32Thank you very much, Jamil.
00:02:36I return to you, Dr. Musab, once again. Dr. Musab, you were talking
00:02:41I mean, this about the point of optimism and you said that you sensed optimism regarding the energy sector
00:02:45in Syria through the minister's words and the figures
00:02:48he mentioned. But the reality today
00:02:51says otherwise. There is an increase in fuel prices, there is an increase in diesel
00:02:55prices specifically, and this
00:02:58was, especially from those who committed increase affects all aspects of life. It affects
00:03:00and continuous communication of agriculture, industry, it affects
00:03:03completely and fully on transportation.
00:03:05So this I mean, after the increase in fuel prices, after the adjustment of energy prices, there was an increase in
00:03:09daily transportation prices
00:03:12for buses and small buses that
00:03:16there are transport passengers. How do you interpret this optimism, Dr.
00:03:19Musab?
00:03:22Of course, this optimism is not emotional optimism, dear Mr. Ahmed.
00:03:26It is optimism based on indicators and figures.
00:03:30is not in And I mean, we always talked in a number of interventions about
00:03:34the concerns that follow any increase in energy
00:03:37prices. The first scene of optimism is what
00:03:40the honorable deputy talked about with your correspondent,
00:03:44which is the frank
00:03:46of reality, based on disclosure
00:03:47the data, on and clarity and discussion. Even the session is broadcast
00:03:50live. I mean, during the days of the defunct
00:03:55where he stated that Syria's needs for regime, in fact, we used to see some clips here and there, but we did not
00:03:58real aggressions against see all the details of the session. This is something. In itself, this
00:04:00is, in fact, a healthy and positive indicator. The second thing, I mean, I want to
00:04:04give several points that Mr. Minister mentioned. First of all, you have
00:04:081,000 dismissed, excuse me, 12,000, and
00:04:1210,000 dismissed were reinstated. All
00:04:15of these are specialists and experienced people. Reinstating them to their workplaces
00:04:19is weakness in will be a boost for the work of the Ministry
00:04:21of Energy. The second thing is that you have the activation of drilling operations.
00:04:25I mean, one of the drilling rigs, as I recall,
00:04:28was completely serviced
00:04:32with local capabilities. Thirdly,
00:04:35he talked about the re-establishment or the existence of a specialized committee to re-evaluate
00:04:41the presentation, on the day we started it on and laws in this the reserves,
00:04:42The issue of infringing on because in reality, Mr. Ahmed, we do not yet have
00:04:45100% clear figures about
00:04:48the reserves, about the strategic
00:04:51for energy, petroleum derivatives, reserves, the production capacity, what are the wells out of service, what are the wells that need
00:04:55it, because many of the wells have, in fact, been subjected to
00:04:59excessive scraping. He also talked
00:05:04viewers, but we would like to draw your attention about this. He talked about
00:05:05operated. 10 new wells have been brought into the issue of storage, production, how will it be? Will it cover this and we, do you remember, sir, we talked
00:05:10I also believe that the issue does not
00:05:10Forces state that they have arrested production, they have been drilled and brought into once that we have a storage problem, that Syria, in its best conditions, cannot store petroleum derivatives
00:05:13for more than 30 to 45 days.
00:05:16So he said that, in fact, we currently have a committee
00:05:20or we have specialists who went to Korea. The man is giving you facts,
00:05:24he is not giving you empty words. They went to Korea. You have
00:05:27tanks that could be imported
00:05:33capable of actually adding to the
00:05:36storage in Syria, this is a positive thing.
00:05:39He talked about the refineries and he said, and
00:05:43this is a known fact, that our problem
00:05:48refining. I mean, what is the benefit of
00:05:51importing, say, 500,000 barrels, but
00:05:54you cannot refine them? So he talked about the issue
00:05:57of refining, and in fact, this is a beautiful technical point,
00:06:01that refining should be done at the place
00:06:03of production. And he said that we will soon
00:06:06have, I mean, a study is being conducted to have
00:06:10five refineries. Each refinery
00:06:14stores Syrian, I mean, the process, yes, the process
00:06:17of refining about 30,000 barrels.
00:06:20I mean, if you have, for example, he said in the eastern region, it will be
00:06:24worked on, or in the region of Aleppo or even in Homs,
00:06:27you do not wait until the prospective refinery is established
00:06:31that will be an alternative to the Homs refinery in the region
00:06:34of Furqlus, but rather that there will be an import
00:06:38of ready-made refineries with a capacity of between 30 to
00:06:4135,000. This is also a healthy indicator.
00:06:44And he also gave a time indication that
00:06:48we, with the help of God, will have self-sufficiency
00:06:51in petroleum derivatives by the year
00:06:542028. So this is also something that calls
00:06:57for optimism. He also said that for the gas issue,
00:07:01no, we are still far from that because our production
00:07:04still does not cover even about
00:07:0710% of our needs regarding
00:07:10gas, whether it is LPG or the gas that
00:07:14power stations need. So
00:07:17these matters, besides the energy agreements,
00:07:21and he mentioned the issue of Conoco and the issue of Chevron,
00:07:24and the importance of these companies entering the Syrian market, and they have entered
00:07:28the Syrian market, and memoranda of understanding have turned into
00:07:33I mean, I believe that there are signs
00:07:37of optimism, there are clear figures, you have a roadmap,
00:07:40you have a road map. So the optimism here, Mr. Ahmed,
00:07:44is based on facts, and it is not
00:07:47a figment of imagination, and it is not an
00:07:50interpretation of some meanings of words, but rather I believe
00:07:54that the clarity was complete in this session, and this is what
00:07:58we always wish for. I mean, we do not wish for this
00:08:01disclosure session to be
00:08:04in the context that we have an energy crisis, but rather
00:08:08we wish that there would be continuous updating of data
00:08:13data, either through the Minister directly
00:08:16or through Mr. Youssef Qiblawi or whoever represents
00:08:20the Ministry of Energy, the official spokesperson. We need to have updated information
00:08:24because today our citizen is in dire need of
00:08:27updating data, updating figures, what is the energy
00:08:31situation, what is Syria's energy situation.
00:08:34In fact, all of this builds a real communication
00:08:38channel, and this is what we always call for, and we are happy with it.
00:08:41Of course. The burden is great and the weight is great,
00:08:45but God willing, I mean, solutions are presented, solutions
00:08:49that hopefully will solve or
00:08:52overcome this stage that I call the transitional
00:08:55stage, transit state. All these solutions presented
00:08:59currently, even what he talked about regarding the three
00:09:03types of fuel oil or
00:09:05diesel and the different prices, these are not permanent solutions, Mr. Ahmed,
00:09:09and they are not strategic solutions. They
00:09:11are an attempt to overcome this difficult
00:09:14stage and to benefit from local resources and capabilities
00:09:18and to prevent any sector from being cut
00:09:21off, whether in the agricultural sector or even in the winter
00:09:24period, we have heating. I believe that the burden
00:09:28is heavy on the Ministry of Energy, but what is reassuring and what
00:09:32bodes well is that the work is extensive and there is
00:09:35communication with the Syrian street and with the national media
00:09:39in terms of figures. Well, after all of this, do you not
00:09:43think that we always
00:09:45need to feel the magnitude of the problem together?
00:09:49I mean, there is still a side, of course, that will be discussed, the electricity side.
00:09:52He will definitely talk about the issue of electrical losses and electricity
00:09:56meters. This is also an issue that has its concerns and its
00:09:59problems, and it may
00:10:01cause the greatest pressure on the citizen's bill,
00:10:05and we hope that there will be final solutions
00:10:08to this issue by replacing old meters with new meters.
00:10:12Yes, we are continuing this coverage, dear
00:10:16to this breaking news. Internal Security
00:10:22the person known as Zakaria Muhammad Sanoun in a qualitative
00:10:26and well-executed security operation. He held the rank of Brigadier
00:10:29General, a pilot in the era of the defunct regime. Internal
00:10:33Security Forces add that the person known as Sanoun
00:10:39the 22nd Division and supervised air
00:10:42operations at Hama and T4 and Shayrat airbases.
00:10:46And that
00:10:48he is involved in planning and executing air attacks against
00:10:51civilians during the years of the Syrian
00:10:55Revolution. So, dear viewers, Internal Security Forces
00:10:59have arrested the person known as Zakaria Muhammad Sanoun in a qualitative
00:11:03and well-executed security operation. He held the rank of Brigadier
00:11:06General, a pilot in the era of the defunct regime.
00:11:09And that the person known as Sanoun held the position of head of operations branch
00:11:13in the 22nd Division
00:11:16air operations at Hama and T4 and Shayrat
00:11:20airbases, and he is involved in planning
00:11:23and executing air attacks against
00:11:26civilians during the years of the Syrian
00:11:29Revolution. I return to you, Dr.
00:11:33Musab, I mean,
00:11:36we are continuing this coverage, of course, but
00:11:39perhaps one of the important points that the Minister of Energy also talked about
00:11:43during today's session, the listening session in the People's Council,
00:11:46is the issue of deterrent legislation for those who
00:11:49commit violations, whether minor infringements,
00:11:53electricity theft,
00:12:03cable theft, electrical transformer theft. I mean, he talked
00:12:06about figures in the millions that happened in
00:12:09Daraa for copper whose value is perhaps, I mean,
00:12:13tens of thousands. What is the importance of this point
00:12:16also, and what kind of
00:12:19deterrent legislation or penalties can be issued by the People's Council
00:12:23at a later time? And also, an important point: Do
00:12:27these penalties, I mean, are they issued by the People's Council or proposed by
00:12:30the Ministry? I mean, the Council reviews them
00:12:33and approves them? Or Mr. Ahmed, or perhaps the Ministry of Interior,
00:12:37the interruption. Okay, Mr. Ahmed,
00:12:40in fact, this issue is one of the issues
00:12:43that really breaks my heart.
00:12:47from a purely field perspective. I mean, if
00:12:51you would allow me a minute or two to describe the situation,
00:12:54when we returned to our areas, I mean,
00:12:57after our displacement by the defunct, oppressive,
00:13:01criminal regime, by God, we did not find
00:13:04an electricity line, we did not find a transformer, we did not
00:13:07find any electrical infrastructure
00:13:10at all. I mean, as if you don't know that
00:13:14this matter, if it indicates anything, it indicates
00:13:17that there
00:13:23this crime, at one
00:13:25point during the days of the defunct regime, there was no sense, not even
00:13:28a single degree, that this blessing, this
00:13:32infrastructure, is a national blessing. It belongs
00:13:35to the nation, it is not tied to
00:13:38policies or orientations. Therefore,
00:13:41the issue that His Excellency the Minister of Energy talked about, that there should be
00:13:45legislation, this is indeed one of the biggest challenges
00:13:48that exist. He gave an example, I mean,
00:13:51even the Arab Gas Pipeline. Imagine that you have an area
00:13:55between Homs and Aleppo. There
00:13:58is, I mean, the line needs maintenance. This line, because
00:14:01of this, I mean, it needs to have
00:14:05tenders and rehabilitation for this line in this particular
00:14:08area. Even the issue of drilling
00:14:11wells, I mean, and groundwater, we also
00:14:15have a problem here, that
00:14:18there has been excessive drilling, and consequently, there have been
00:14:23groundwater. Engineering
00:14:27and physical and geophysical
00:14:29studies have proven that they even
00:14:33affect, God forbid, during earthquakes, I mean,
00:14:36they affect the issue of seismic activity. If an earthquake occurs, God forbid,
00:14:40God forbid, and there
00:14:44the geological structure due to aggressions, due to excessive
00:14:47drilling, the region will be, I mean,
00:14:51truly weak from a physical or geophysical perspective.
00:14:56So the importance of having legislation, here certainly comes the role
00:14:59of the People's Council. There must be strict legislation
00:15:04regard.
00:15:07the electrical network or on
00:15:10gas pipelines or on fuel
00:15:14lines in general or oil, that there should be
00:15:17deterrent laws and that there should be a clear legislative environment
00:15:21and that there should be, under the supervision of
00:15:24the concerned ministries,
00:15:26because we also have the implementation
00:15:30mechanism for this legislation. And
00:15:35only depend, Mr. Ahmed,
00:15:37on legislation, but there must be more
00:15:41awareness spreading because you know,
00:15:43sir, any legislation, if it is not surrounded
00:15:46and protected by national awareness
00:15:50that this energy in general, the energy file
00:15:53in general, whether it is related to oil
00:15:57and gas sectors and what is related to them, or electrical energy
00:16:00or groundwater, this
00:16:03represents a national fortress
00:16:06and a national blessing. We must all
00:16:10contribute to preserving it, either
00:16:12by preserving the infrastructure of electrical networks
00:16:16and gas pipelines and even fuel convoys that
00:16:20transport, I mean, thank God, so far, in the general
00:16:24context, the process of transporting
00:16:27Iraqi oil or Iraqi fuel from
00:16:30Iraq to Baniyas has not witnessed
00:16:33any remarkable incidents that indicate that there
00:16:36are aggressions on these convoys. This,
00:16:40of course, is a very, very positive indicator that indicates
00:16:43the awareness of Syrian citizens. But today,
00:16:47ladies and gentlemen, importing any transformer or, for example,
00:16:50copper lines
00:16:53or electrical insulators is not
00:16:56an easy matter. It is not an easy matter. There are
00:16:58logistical difficulties, there are engineering difficulties
00:17:02in securing the appropriate companies that carry out
00:17:05these tenders. In fact,
00:17:08every work that the state undertakes requires community
00:17:12participation. This community participation falls under
00:17:15the category of legislation from one side, but I always link
00:17:19legislation with awareness,
00:17:21that there should be a contribution, even from our national channels,
00:17:25to increase awareness campaigns and clarify this
00:17:29legislation. The law here is not just a punitive
00:17:32law, Mr. Ahmed. The purpose of applying the law
00:17:36is not punishment for those who
00:17:40violate or infringe on
00:17:42the basic joints, but rather it is to alert people
00:17:46and to alert everyone
00:17:49that these resources are resources that
00:17:53belong to every citizen. They are not only for the state
00:17:56in the sense that some might understand that the state is one thing
00:18:00and the citizen is another. No, the state and the citizen and these
00:18:03properties, in fact, all come together
00:18:07to raise the level of service. In the end, we are providing
00:18:10a service that the citizen receives, whether it is electrical energy, whether
00:18:14it is, for example, gas stations, whether it is groundwater.
00:18:18matter is very important and very essential. Also, the issue
00:18:22of renewable energy, and I thank many
00:18:26of the deputies who focused on the issue of renewable
00:18:28energies and their importance in the new
00:18:32Syria, Mr. Ahmed. There are areas and villages
00:18:35entirely and rural areas entirely that depend
00:18:41solar energy.
00:18:43matter, even though the initial costs of these
00:18:46systems may be high, but
00:18:50it reduces the cost at some point for the citizen, and at the same
00:18:54time, it reduces the energy bill that is
00:18:58borne, I mean,
00:19:01by the Ministry of Energy in
00:19:03securing liquidity
00:19:05to operate power stations and secure
00:19:09electricity for citizens. In fact, it is an integrated
00:19:13legislative, national, awareness-raising system
00:19:16that all work together. The main goal is to
00:19:19make the issue of energy an issue related to
00:19:22national sentiment. Stay with me, Dr.
00:19:25Musab. Dear viewers, we follow a part of what
00:19:29the Minister of Energy said,
00:19:33domestic gas range between 1,300
00:19:36and 1,500 tons daily, and these quantities
00:19:39are currently secured through imports. He revealed the re-activation
00:19:42of drilling operations, explaining that the drilling work carried out
00:19:46amounted to about 4,840
00:19:49meters, in addition to repairing 21 wells
00:19:52and drilling 10 new
00:19:54wells.
00:19:56Gas production was about 6 million cubic meters of gas. Of course,
00:20:00Syria's gas need is 24 million cubic meters
00:20:04to operate all our currently ready stations. Today we have
00:20:076 million, meaning a quarter, excuse me, we used to produce 6, we raised it to
00:20:108.1 after we incorporated a part of the Conoco plant. Of course, yesterday it was
00:20:148.4 on the day we prepared
00:20:18Wednesday and Thursday, it was 8, yesterday it was 8.4 or
00:20:228.5 million cubic meters. Before that, it had reached 9 million, according to the same
00:20:26story of oil, closing wells and bringing new wells into service, reactivating
00:20:29drilling operations. We drilled about
00:20:32four 4,840 meters and brought two drilling rigs into service after
00:20:36they were idle and stopped. 21 wells have been
00:20:39repaired, and 152 wells have been
00:20:44production. This is the balance
00:20:47of need, and this is a very important point.
00:20:50The balance of need for Syria. We need
00:20:53about 30,000 barrels of crude oil
00:20:57daily. Our need has grown and increased significantly for several reasons:
00:21:01First, the entry of these areas into
00:21:04our areas, meaning they started receiving petroleum derivatives through the Ministry
00:21:07of Hasakah, Deir ez-Zor, Raqqa and others. Second, the halting
00:21:10of illegal refineries that were
00:21:13the oil that we were receiving from the area east of the Euphrates, which was
00:21:16supplying the market with a percentage of five to 10%, depending on
00:21:20winter and summer, and so on. The third issue is the growth of demand.
00:21:24I mean, today the industrial city in Aleppo started with 900 factories and reached
00:21:271500. These need energy, they need diesel and fuel for
00:21:31operation. The number of cars that were in Syria
00:21:34in 2005
00:21:37was 2.5 million cars. Today the number of cars
00:21:40is 3.6 million cars. Here I would also like to explain a very
00:21:44important issue: Syria's production capacity,
00:21:47the refining capacity of stations or refineries in Syria.
00:21:50How much? The Baniyas refinery, before the shutdown for comprehensive overhaul, was
00:21:54about 9,000 to 10,000 barrels
00:21:56daily, and the Homs refinery was about 40 to 50 thousand barrels daily. I mean, we used to
00:22:00produce an average of 15,000 barrels
00:22:03daily. We bring 150,000 barrels. Our need is 30,000 barrels.
00:22:06Part of it is local production, and part of it
00:22:10is imports. It is imports. So we take it to the refineries.
00:22:14These refineries refine 150,000 barrels.
00:22:17The remaining deficit is 150,000 barrels. What do I do? We buy petroleum derivatives.
00:22:21We buy diesel and gasoline at a rate of
00:22:24150,000 barrels, at a rate. I mean, if I
00:22:27had the capacity to refine 30,000 barrels, there would be no need
00:22:31to buy derivatives. I would buy 300,000 barrels or 100,000 local production,
00:22:34I would buy 200,000 and refine them here, and it would cover the market. There is no need
00:22:38to buy derivatives. However, our refining capacity is
00:22:41150,000 barrels. Therefore, we cannot cover the market's need for
00:22:45petroleum derivatives without importing diesel
00:22:48and gasoline.
00:22:51Oil and gas wealth in Syria. We have 78 oil
00:22:54fields, 28 gas fields, and a reserve of one billion
00:22:57barrels of crude oil and 241, of course, these are based on old
00:23:00surveys. We have not yet conducted a current survey. We have recently formed
00:23:04a geological committee to survey
00:23:07oil and gas and the thermal map for
00:23:10geothermal energy, in addition to the issue of power generation through
00:23:14geothermal internal heat, and updating the water map
00:23:18for groundwater in Syria. This committee is currently working on research
00:23:21and contracting with a qualified company. We have received many
00:23:25offers and companies, but some issues have certain
00:23:29sensitivities, security and other sensitivities. We have postponed the matter
00:23:32to form this committee, and now the committee is studying
00:23:35the situation of the existing reserves and the new survey process
00:23:39for Syria. The reality of the oil and gas sector. At the beginning
00:23:42of the liberation, we had 14 fields under our control from the beginning,
00:23:45which were west of the Euphrates, and about 140
00:23:49wells. In production, Syria's production was only 7,000
00:23:53barrels, meaning without east of the Euphrates. At the beginning, these were
00:23:56the central region fields and Taim, about 6 million cubic meters
00:24:00of average gas production, 6 million cubic meters, and this is a very
00:24:03important figure. Gas production was 6 million cubic meters, and I want to
00:24:07point out an issue that many questions come to us, as the
00:24:11honorable deputy mentioned, regarding contradictory statements and so on. Here
00:24:14I want to emphasize that sometimes a person's
00:24:17lack of understanding among the public regarding a certain
00:24:21issue leads them to believe that this gas is the same as domestic LPG
00:24:25gas. Of course, not everyone is a specialist
00:24:29or has a culture in energy. When we talk about gas production of 6
00:24:32million cubic meters, we are talking about natural gas that
00:24:36is used in power plants to generate electrical energy, not
00:24:39LPG. Our need for it is approximately 1300 to
00:24:431500 tons daily, which we are currently importing. We are producing 100 tons.
00:24:47This one is called LPG gas. This
00:24:50one is called natural gas that is used in power plants,
00:24:54so that the speech is clear when we talk about importing
00:24:57LPG gas or producing natural
00:25:01gas.
00:25:06Doctor, I mean, we listened again to what
00:25:09the Minister of Energy said before the members
00:25:13of the People's Council, but there is a point that Mr.
00:25:16Minister Muhammad Al-Bashir talked about regarding the increasing need.
00:25:20He talked about the increasing number of factories in the industrial city in Aleppo
00:25:23and also, certainly, in all industrial cities in Syria, there was an increase in the number of
00:25:27factories, plants, and workshops. He talked about the increasing number
00:25:30of cars. Well, from a technical perspective, Doctor, I mean, this increase
00:25:34will continue, God willing, I mean, the growth of the Syrian economy
00:25:38will be accompanied by an increase in demand
00:25:41gas,
00:25:44electricity. Will what the Minister mentioned
00:25:47in terms of figures in the year
00:25:502028, Syria's
00:25:54economic growth in Syria? Because that is certainly
00:25:58also linked to the confidence of investors and large companies that want to,
00:26:02I mean, invest in the Syrian market.
00:26:03If
00:26:06we want to talk, I believe that the speech of His Excellency the Minister
00:26:09of Energy takes into account
00:26:13the interplay of circumstances, and he said that if you, I mean, if you focus
00:26:17with me, he said that if we do not have any, I mean, he even mentioned
00:26:21last year that, thank God, there were no circumstances. God forbid, if
00:26:24a certain regional circumstance occurs, everything that has happened so
00:26:27far, Mr. Ahmed, thank God, Syria has remained
00:26:31in a state of, let's say, not entering
00:26:35or not being dragged into it by some countries in one way or another or
00:26:39provocations. Thank God, the disturbances did not occur
00:26:42inside Syria, but Syria is affected by the regional
00:26:45environment. What the Minister talked about
00:26:49takes into account the evaluation
00:26:52process, which is the assessment process for the reality of petroleum
00:26:56derivatives and also electrical supply.
00:26:59And by the way, I mean, he even mentioned in
00:27:02the press conference that preceded last Thursday, do you remember,
00:27:06sir? I mean, he mentioned and re-mentioned today
00:27:09that 40% of electrical energy goes
00:27:12to industrial areas,
00:27:15and he mentioned that one example is that one
00:27:18factory in Hassya requested
00:27:2180 megawatts. 80 megawatts, ladies and gentlemen, what does
00:27:25that mean? It means about 70% of the electricity supply
00:27:28for an entire city. electricity. So,
00:27:31this is not an easy number. The same applies
00:27:38Sheikh Najjar is now being supplied with more than
00:27:42120 megawatts, even on holidays.
00:27:46Therefore, I believe that this is based on
00:27:50technical studies and evaluations.
00:27:51So,
00:27:54if things were normal in Syria,
00:27:57and Syria, of course, took a natural stance and said
00:28:01that we are now open to investments and will not
00:28:05enter into any political or military tug-of-war
00:28:08that would derail the economic
00:28:11and investment path in Syria. So, based on these
00:28:13indicators, we return to the issue of optimism,
00:28:17and we focus on it
00:28:19again. So, if you take the issue of
00:28:22electricity, everyone
00:28:25who talked about the pricing issue, and I am still reserved about the issue
00:28:29of prices, and I hope that it will be reviewed at some point.
00:28:32in this matter, but no one can deny
00:28:36that the issue of amperes, Mr. Ahmed, has almost
00:28:40become a thing of the past in some areas. On the contrary,
00:28:44many families have abandoned the idea of subscribing
00:28:47to amperes. Why? Because government electricity
00:28:50has become noticeable
00:28:52and in some areas, it comes for more than 20
00:28:55hours. So, that means you have an improving curve
00:28:59in energy resources, an improvement.
00:29:02It is clear, no one can deny it. But
00:29:06what is the problem? The problem is that even oil-exporting
00:29:09countries, oil-producing countries, are now
00:29:12targeted. For example,
00:29:15yesterday, there was a warning that
00:29:19in our sister Saudi Arabia, our sister,
00:29:23there are warnings. Moscow this morning, as I told
00:29:26you a little while ago, targeted some refineries, and these are oil-producing
00:29:30countries. So, the problem
00:29:32capabilities, but rather you are now linked to a regional
00:29:35reality, and this regional reality, in fact,
00:29:39has an unknown future. You cannot
00:29:42predict how things will go. But
00:29:46based on the indicators
00:29:50the agreements, I believe that things
00:29:53indicate optimism, and God willing, Syria's
00:29:57production is always increasing
00:30:00because the state has made a sovereign decision
00:30:03that the issue of energy and investment
00:30:06agreements aims to increase production
00:30:09and reach a medium-term
00:30:13goal of ensuring real
00:30:16security for local
00:30:18needs. The Minister spoke about the issue of exports,
00:30:21the issue of heavy oil and light oil, the specifications
00:30:25of the Baniyas refinery and the specifications of the Homs refinery,
00:30:28and he clarified this matter which, at one point,
00:30:32some took as an opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
00:30:36No, things are clear now how, for example, the Homs
00:30:39refinery accepts heavy oil, while the Baniyas refinery does not accept
00:30:43heavy oil. We have 30,000 barrels that can be converted
00:30:46into the electric refineries. They produce diesel from the heavy
00:30:49oil or from the heavy
00:30:52oil. The remaining 50,000 can be
00:30:56exported and replaced with petroleum derivatives.