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00:00:00Implementing this decision for two years so that the student who is in
00:00:03Finally, in the first grade, for example,
00:00:06of secondary school or second secondary school, meaning this study will be completed, meaning so that he does not
00:00:09go to nothing. The
00:00:12third matter, as one of
00:00:14to preserve this the alternatives and best options for
00:00:16resource, which is more precious than fossil fuels, we ask
00:00:18His Excellency the Minister to provide a briefing on the studies
00:00:22is the coordination and agreement with and plans for constructing new dams at
00:00:26regarding water flow, because last a known level, meaning that we, as Syria, have the ability
00:00:30to exploit this in terms of water resources, rivers,
00:00:33or wind farms. take a long time
00:00:47the price-setting committee, is the distinction between oil materials
00:00:51and the impact of their pricing on the citizen
00:00:54taken into account as priorities
00:00:57and touching on the needs of the citizen? The diesel
00:01:00must reflect on the citizen
00:01:03of Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor from the dams in in several aspects and directly affect him in more than one case.
00:01:08you. However, for example, gasoline is less, so when we deal with pricing,
00:01:12Euphrates River rises, they might open it to I advise or direct, if this matter
00:01:16is to be taken into account regarding the importance of addressing
00:01:40benefiting from it in
00:01:42in the fields for
00:01:42has marine wells that Ladies and Gentlemen, dear colleagues,
00:01:45in this session, we will discuss
00:01:49the topic of water resources and hybrid energy
00:01:52and link it to the issue of oil
00:01:55of a heavy legacy
00:01:55as the projects currently being implemented in product prices and their contribution to rationalizing
00:01:58the consumption of derivatives. And increasing electricity production.
00:02:01So I ask you to allow me time because
00:02:05I will speak about a whole ministry and about the Energy Authority.
00:02:08So I ask His Excellency the Minister and the esteemed colleagues
00:02:11to allow us time. May Allah bless you. Allah Almighty said,
00:02:15"And We made from water every living
00:02:17thing." Will they not believe?
00:02:21Your Excellency, the Minister, since
00:02:24reviewed the that, and Syria would become the first in Syria is an agricultural
00:02:26country endowed by God with water resources
00:02:30suitable for agriculture, but
00:02:33unfortunately, we find that this important energy
00:02:36is wasted by 90%, and
00:02:40only 10% is utilized of this energy that is worth
00:02:44and preserving millions of dollars. In addition,
00:02:48the matter returns and reflects on agricultural
00:02:51crops. So agricultural lands in Syria suitable
00:02:54for cultivation, more than 60 to 70%, are not
00:02:58utilized, and
00:03:02cultivation, as well as water flow, Your Excellency the Minister, between us and
00:03:05on the Euphrates River, our water share is 500 cubic meters per
00:03:08second according to the 1987
00:03:12an administrative body that supervises agreements, except during the past years, we only receive 200 cubic meters per
00:03:16second. And we used to complain about
00:03:19issue. They think that this drought during and transparent discussion the previous four years
00:03:22and the decrease in water levels and the lack
00:03:26or have knowledge in of rain last winter. Thank God, Allah Almighty has blessed
00:03:29whether for investment or us with a rise in the river
00:03:32level but unfortunately, what we used to complain about
00:03:36has become a burden on us, and we have started to pray to Allah Almighty
00:03:40to get rid of this water, to get rid of this energy that
00:03:43some countries and peoples wish for. Your Excellency
00:03:46the Minister, there is also a shortage in modern
00:03:50water
00:03:52have used networks for agricultural system, as companies that are not crops. It does not exceed
00:03:57or producing from the basin of the Euphrates River and other rivers and lakes by more than 2 kilometers to five kilometers. People
00:04:01can cultivate after that,
00:04:04they rely on rain-fed agriculture. There are no modern
00:04:08or advanced drip or trickle irrigation
00:04:12systems in the state. So many lands suitable for agriculture, especially in
00:04:15the Syrian desert, are not utilized.
00:04:19So, Your Excellency the Minister, our first question is so that the tragedy
00:04:23of last winter is not repeated, because it was only crisis
00:04:26management, which was
00:04:28the Minister. Finally, I apologize warnings and
00:04:31media statements only. There were only media warnings. There was no prior
00:04:35We have proceeded with digital transformation from plan to manage such a crisis. And today, Your Excellency, we have 1200
00:04:39cubic meters per second in summer. Now in summer, 1200
00:04:42cubic meters. So what about tomorrow in winter? We may reach 2000 cubic
00:04:45meters or 2500. There is a danger even of dam
00:04:49collapses. There is a danger of flooding
00:04:52Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor and the like,
00:04:56and the damage to many crops and the damage to many houses.
00:05:00And bridges, as well as not benefiting from
00:05:03floods, floods in the desert. We had floods last
00:05:07year that destroyed bridges due to their strength, due to the abundance of water. This
00:05:10water is also wasted. It went into the river basins and
00:05:14valleys without any benefit. Your Excellency the Minister, what
00:05:17is the plan that the ministry has implemented? Not the plan, but the measures.
00:05:21The plan will come later. The measures that the ministry has implemented
00:05:28gold, if we could exploit it.
00:05:31Also, what
00:05:34our brothers in Turkey
00:05:38year, the flow or coordination or work
00:05:42was unilateral. There was no complete coordination, and that's why we were surprised
00:05:45by the crisis, and today the crisis is coming again in winter. What are the
00:05:49procedures or agreements that
00:05:53you have implemented? And have
00:05:57we prepared the irrigation channels? Have
00:05:59we dredged the agricultural reform channels?
00:06:03Complete, complete during last year. What
00:06:07are the distances that have been prepared
00:06:10to accommodate such accommodation? Or even
00:06:13storage. Have we repaired
00:06:15the desert? These all need answers. And also, Your Excellency
00:06:19the Minister, today we have in Egypt a spillway like Toshka. If the
00:06:25the desert, open water outlets in the desert. We have more
00:06:29than three areas in the desert where we can even store Euphrates
00:06:32water. So this is so that the
00:06:36tragedy is not repeated, Your Excellency the Minister.
00:06:39regard. And Your Excellency the Minister,
00:06:43if we establish a water
00:06:45network suitable for drip irrigation, it will also
00:06:49contribute to
00:06:53terms of oil energies and reducing
00:06:56oil consumption and increasing electricity. We have many projects,
00:07:00Your Excellency the Minister, that we can talk about, such as rehabilitating dams
00:07:03and others. There are also strategic projects such
00:07:08Saudi Arabia, implemented in Turkey, implemented in India, which are industrial
00:07:11reservoirs and smart canals that can even
00:07:14be used with artificial
00:07:17intelligence for modern irrigation,
00:07:21and this will cover, I am not saying hundreds of thousands of hectares, Your Excellency the Minister, but it will cover
00:07:25more than a million hectares if we can work
00:07:28with it. In addition, this project, Your Excellency the Minister, you may have
00:07:31seen it before, the Euphrates Renaissance project, which is to revive
00:07:35the Khabur River. The Khabur is a major
00:07:38tragedy. For 30 years, my brothers, some of you may not have heard of it.
00:07:41People were displaced around the Khabur because of the drought that occurred.
00:07:45Entire villages were displaced because
00:07:48there was no water to replenish it. What is the
00:07:51ministry's plan to revive the Khabur? We can
00:07:54revive it through water reservoirs. We can
00:07:57revive it like the project that you might see on the screens in front of you.
00:08:01Also, we have a project presented in
00:08:052006, the Tigris River diversion project. The Tigris River is 50
00:08:08kilometers long within Syrian borders. Do you know that
00:08:12nothing is benefiting from it? Not at all. The Syrian state does not benefit from the
00:08:16Tigris River at all, even though its water flow is even greater than that of the
00:08:19Euphrates River. There was a project in 2006 that could supply
00:08:23and irrigate Al-Hasakah completely and revive the
00:08:25Khabur River. Another strategic project is
00:08:29the Halabiyeh and Zalabiyeh Dam project on the Euphrates River,
00:08:33which provides electricity, water supply,
00:08:35and large agricultural production around the area. These are all projects
00:08:39that can be proposed,
00:08:42even in the budget. These are very large
00:08:45national strategic projects that must be in place.
00:08:49These are many benefits, Your Excellency the Minister, that we will first benefit from. If
00:08:52we build the network, we will reduce more than 50% of the water
00:08:56used for agriculture, as well as increase electricity production and reduce
00:09:00consumption.
00:09:02The second point, Your Excellency the Minister, is that
00:09:06unfortunately, there is an old disaster in Syria, which is the flow of sewage
00:09:10water around rivers and lakes, causing environmental
00:09:13pollution. This means that
00:09:16drinking water is contaminated. This is an old
00:09:20problem, but it needs to be addressed and measures need to be taken.
00:09:24We need to repair some sewage
00:09:27treatment plants and also
00:09:31equip some of them, especially in the eastern region, where there is no drinking
00:09:34water. River water is not suitable for use.
00:09:38And this, Your Excellency the Minister, is another benefit for energy. It produces gas,
00:09:43it produces fertilizer, and it also produces
00:09:46700. If we operate and repair three
00:09:49plants, 700 million cubic meters of water that
00:09:52can be used in fodder projects and
00:09:55urban afforestation projects. And now I expect that the Ministry
00:09:58of Agriculture has signed with a Saudi company for almost 30
00:10:02thousand hectares or 300 thousand hectares, I do not remember the number.
00:10:05And this benefits these projects, and these agricultural products are exported
00:10:09abroad to benefit from them. So
00:10:13it is not a loss. Sewage treatment plants have health
00:10:16benefits and also benefits in reducing energy
00:10:20consumption, as well as financial benefits
00:10:24for the state.
00:10:28the third axis, water resources, Your Excellency the Minister,
00:10:32the Ministry of Energy announced on the 30th of last month that
00:10:35it would divert water from the Euphrates River
00:10:39to the Hassiya Industrial City, the phosphate factory.
00:10:42A valuable national product project, no objection
00:10:46to it, and we support this project, but Your Excellency the Minister, there are
00:10:49observations. The proposed project is 410
00:10:52km, a very
00:10:55long distance, with an initial amount of 571 million
00:10:59dollars. And I tell you, Your Excellency the Minister, this amount is not enough.
00:11:03I expect the amount to exceed one to one and a half billion dollars,
00:11:06similar to the carrier project that was implemented in Jordan.
00:11:10It took them from Aqaba to Amman, the same project cost them more than
00:11:14three and a half billion dollars. So I don't know how they put 570 million dollars.
00:11:18In addition to the long distance of 410 km, it needs protection, it needs
00:11:21maintenance, in addition to taking
00:11:25170 thousand cubic meters from the share
00:11:28water. We have no objection,
00:11:31but the value of this amount for
00:11:34a project
00:11:36and a beating heart. Is it worth paying one and a half million dollars, for example,
00:11:40or more? We would like to see a study on such a project. Or there are
00:11:44alternative cases that we can propose now.
00:11:48Today we have Baniyas very close, more than 110-120
00:11:51km. We can build a water desalination plant that
00:11:55would not cost us 500-600 million dollars, or from Lake
00:11:59Qattina, for the project, only 80 km.
00:12:02It might not cost us 100 million dollars. Hasya itself
00:12:07do not exceed 1200 meters. Your proposal is good, colleague Mahmoud, but please
00:12:11pay attention to the time because you have taken the share of two ministries, not one.
00:12:14Don't worry, we are counting on you, Your Excellency. I will finish, God willing.
00:12:171200 valued at two million
00:12:21dollars, and this pulsates for 10 to 15
00:12:26years. The project is pulsating. I honestly expected that from the human resources and the Ministry
00:12:30of Energy, they would propose investing in the previous projects
00:12:33because they are national projects, developmental projects,
00:12:36community projects that produce and would make
00:12:40Syria the first in agricultural and food production,
00:12:42and also
00:12:44thousands of working hands would be employed in
00:12:48the Middle East if we implemented the three projects, either through investment or
00:12:52I even call on Your Excellency the Minister to include every project, three to five years,
00:12:56in the budget of the Ministry of Energy because these
00:13:00projects will make Syria the first in the Middle East and
00:13:03in the region in agricultural and food production, security,
00:13:07and environmental change,
00:13:09hydration and the demographic shift that
00:13:12is occurring from east to west. Your Excellency
00:13:16the Minister, I will not prolong this axis. We have finished
00:13:20with it. The question or the request. This is not a question,
00:13:23but the request is to form a vital committee
00:13:25to study the re-evaluation because today, on 30/9, the submission
00:13:29of bids will end. On 30/9 of the current month, the submission of bids will end.
00:13:32The request is to form a neutral committee
00:13:35to compare or study the three proposals or
00:13:39others with what is available in what the ministry has proposed.
00:13:43The last axis is hybrid or electrical
00:13:46Your Excellency the Minister, today the whole world is moving
00:13:50towards abandoning oil and its derivatives. Today, China
00:13:54is creating its own sun, abandoning oil and moving
00:13:57towards hybrid energy and electrical energy.
00:13:59Today, our meeting is about energy derivatives, and this
00:14:03is a problem. But as His Excellency the President said, we will start
00:14:07after others have finished. Today, alternative energy accounts for 60 to
00:14:1070%, and 50% in some countries. Cars
00:14:13and vehicles, both heavy and agricultural,
00:14:17alternative energy. In Jordan, more than
00:14:1930%, Your Excellency the Minister, use electric
00:14:23cars. What are the ministry's steps
00:14:25to localize this energy? This is a very important energy
00:14:29in terms of infrastructure, in terms of proposing
00:14:33laws to the People's Assembly,
00:14:36in terms of leading other ministries
00:14:40to control prices, to raise awareness
00:14:43of Syrian society, and also to reduce
00:14:47tariffs on this energy.
00:14:49This is a very important energy, Your Excellency
00:14:55you. Thank you, Mr. President. Thank
00:14:58you to my colleagues. Thank you to my brothers in the Energy
00:15:06our colleague Mahmoud's intervention, I would like to thank
00:15:09the head of the Energy Committee and the members of the Energy Committee for these
00:15:13fundamental and important questions
00:15:16that touch upon the concerns of the Syrian
00:15:18citizen. We ask Allah Almighty that this
00:15:22committee has conveyed all the concerns
00:15:26that our Syrian citizen thinks about. I will leave the floor
00:15:29to His Excellency the Minister to answer these questions, and I ask the head
00:15:33of the committee to record any answer to any question
00:15:37that has not been answered so that we can send it later in
00:15:41writing. So, please, Your Excellency the Minister.
00:16:17In the name of Allah,
00:16:18the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:16:24In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
00:16:27Mr. Speaker, honorable
00:16:31Mr. Chairman and members of the Energy Committee,
00:16:35esteemed Ladies and Gentlemen,
00:16:38members of the People's Assembly, peace and blessings of Allah be upon
00:16:46It is no secret to you that the Ministry of Energy was established with the formation
00:16:49of the new government in Syria. It combined three
00:16:53ministries to include four main files:
00:16:56electricity, oil and gas,
00:17:00water, and mineral wealth.
00:17:04This makes it one of the most
00:17:07important and complex files,
00:17:11due to its connection with people's daily needs on the one hand,
00:17:13and because it is the backbone
00:17:17and pillar of the economy and development
00:17:21on the other hand. Industrial cities, factories,
00:17:24and agricultural projects cannot be established
00:17:28without energy. So our challenges, in light
00:17:32of dilapidated infrastructure, were great
00:17:36and in this vital sector.
00:17:39And we in the Ministry of Energy
00:17:43view this meeting as an important opportunity
00:17:45to present the reality of energy clearly,
00:17:48directly, and transparently, and to discuss
00:17:52the existing challenges and to explain what has been achieved and what
00:17:55we are working on during the coming stage.
00:17:58We have carefully
00:18:01questions submitted by the Energy Committee, for which we thank them. They address
00:18:05fundamental issues in the work of the ministry. We have prepared
00:18:09a comprehensive presentation in which we made sure to provide
00:18:12answers with logical and accurate
00:18:16figures and facts, and to present the reality as
00:18:19it is: what we inherited, what we have achieved, and what
00:18:23still needs to be addressed, and what are the
00:18:27priorities and steps we are working on.
00:18:29We recognize the magnitude of the challenges facing
00:18:32the energy sector, and we do not belittle
00:18:35them. But at the same time, we know
00:18:39where we stand, what are the available
00:18:41capabilities, and where we are heading,
00:18:45and what can be achieved within the current circumstances. Therefore,
00:18:49we want this meeting to be a frank,
00:18:52practical, based on
00:18:56facts, data, results,
00:19:00and figures. And I will start, if
00:19:02you allow me, Mr. President, by presenting a presentation in which I will try to summarize as much as
00:19:06I can, and after that I will listen to the interventions
00:19:10of the esteemed members of the council and answer them
00:19:13clearly, God willing.
00:19:35Of course, our vision in the Ministry of Energy
00:19:38is a sustainable, secure,
00:19:41and flexible sector that supports economic development, enhances the quality of
00:19:45life, and focuses on efficiency, innovation, and partnership to achieve
00:19:48the optimal use of national resources and keep pace
00:19:52with the global transition towards clean energy.
00:19:55Our mission is to lead the energy sector towards efficiency
00:19:59and sustainability by managing national resources,
00:20:02developing policies and legislation, enhancing
00:20:05investment, and improving the quality of services and their oversight
00:20:09to achieve energy security and support sustainable
00:20:13development. The strategic goals
00:20:16are stability by reducing the gap between demand
00:20:19and supply to achieve energy, water, and environmental stability,
00:20:23and sustainability by enhancing
00:20:26the sustainability of energy and water resources and diversifying their sources.
00:20:30Governance and institutional development means enhancing good governance and comprehensive
00:20:33digital transformation and developing institutional
00:20:36and legislative capabilities. Establishing Syria as a regional
00:20:40energy corridor and hub, enhancing Syria's position in connecting,
00:20:43transporting, and exchanging energy regionally and internationally,
00:20:46and keeping pace with the transition towards sustainable energy sources.
00:20:50In the future, first, I want to brief you on governance and restructuring. As
00:20:54I mentioned and stated, the Ministry of Energy was established with the formation
00:20:58of the new government, and the restructuring of the
00:21:01Ministry of Energy came in response
00:21:04to challenges that accumulated during previous years, including
00:21:07bureaucracy, complex procedures, multiple entities, and overlapping
00:21:10responsibilities between oil and electricity, and between electricity
00:21:14and water. This transformation has been adopted by
00:21:17many economic countries, and some of them have even merged
00:21:20the Ministry of Energy's files with the
00:21:24countries. Some of them sufficed by merging these files, and some of them merged
00:21:28electricity and water, and some of them merged oil
00:21:31and electricity together. And after, Your Excellency
00:21:34the President, and His Excellency the President, through the formation of the government, merged these
00:21:37files into one file within the Ministry
00:21:39of Energy. In fact, there was a weakness in the investment-attracting
00:21:43environment and a decline
00:21:47in decisions and the accuracy of decisions and their correctness during
00:21:50the conflict or divergence and repulsion of these files from
00:21:53each other before merging them into one file. Governance
00:21:57and restructuring: The Ministry
00:22:01of Energy was established and sectors and ministries were merged
00:22:04according to Decree No. 150 of 2025.
00:22:08Institutions were restructured and transformed into economic holding
00:22:11entities. Here I want to point out that three companies
00:22:15were established in the Ministry of Energy: the Syrian
00:22:18Petroleum Company, the Syrian Electricity Company, and the Syrian
00:22:22Mining Company. These three companies,
00:22:25according to the decree that was issued to establish them, are public
00:22:29holding companies 100% owned by the state.
00:22:32Some people thought that we were moving
00:22:35towards privatizing the energy sector. No, these companies are
00:22:38companies owned by the state. It is possible that after
00:22:41years of their stability and capital valuation, some shares
00:22:45will be floated on local
00:22:48or international financial markets. This is possible in a later
00:22:51period, but now they are 100% owned by the state. Aramco also
00:22:55started as state-owned. Now some shares have been floated, I think about 4%
00:22:59of it is not owned by Aramco. Some companies
00:23:02own it, which are also Saudi companies or other holding companies. Also,
00:23:05we established the General Establishment for Drinking Water
00:23:09and Sanitation, which is an institution in Damascus that
00:23:13has companies for drinking water and sanitation. We used to
00:23:16suffer from governance issues, as there were institutions
00:23:20in every governorate called the General Establishment for Drinking Water and Sanitation. These
00:23:23institutions were not completed in the era of the defunct
00:23:26regime, and they were all linked to the minister.
00:23:29So there was a heavy burden, especially with the absence of these
00:23:32ministries to supervise these supervisory scopes of the minister.
00:23:36Therefore, a central institution was established in Damascus
00:23:39with companies in the governorates reporting to it.
00:23:42So these are four new bodies that were established in the ministry.
00:23:46The organizational structure of the ministry became
00:23:50as follows: there are supporting directorates, there is
00:23:53a Renewable Energy Support Fund, the General Establishment
00:23:56for Geology,
00:23:58the General Authority for Water Resources, which is
00:24:02water resources, including dams, irrigation canals, etc., and pumping
00:24:05stations for drinking water and irrigation at the same time.
00:24:09And there is the General Authority for the Euphrates Dam,
00:24:12and there is the General Establishment for Drinking Water and Sanitation, as we mentioned, in addition
00:24:16to three associated companies. And here I want to mention that these
00:24:19institutions are affiliated institutions affiliated with
00:24:23the Ministry of Energy. There are three companies that are associated
00:24:26with the ministry, and you know that association
00:24:29is different from affiliation. These are companies associated with the ministry and not
00:24:32affiliated. This means they have their own administrative and financial
00:24:38subject to the Ministry's law or the employees' law or
00:24:41other laws. They have a basic system. Their boards
00:24:45of directors were established by a decree from the President as well.
00:24:49And now the boards of directors are setting their basic system for
00:24:52approval, and they are setting their financial system for approval. Until now,
00:24:56their basic system has not been approved. The basic system of the SBC
00:24:59company is now in the General Secretariat for the issuance of a decree.
00:25:03They had some observations. They sent them to us for amendment.
00:25:06We returned them to the General Secretariat. God willing, it is under issuance for the adoption
00:25:10of a decree for a basic system, which is the administrative,
00:25:13legal, and financial
00:25:15reference for the Syrian Petroleum
00:25:19Company, and later Electricity
00:25:21and Mining.
00:25:25paper-based work to an integrated digital system.
00:25:28An official website for the Ministry of Energy and an energy portal are
00:25:32issues we are pursuing through digital transformation, automating transactions
00:25:35and linking entities and databases. Restoring rights and competencies.
00:25:39I wanted to refer to this that we have a number of
00:25:42employees who were dismissed due to their
00:25:45affiliation and association with the Syrian Revolution.
00:25:48We received 12,000
00:25:51applications. 10,000 people were reinstated, 10,015
00:25:55were reinstated to work, and 2,655 are under
00:25:58processing, either because the person submitted the application electronically or they were not present.
00:26:02They were interviewed, they were traveling, and now they have returned,
00:26:05or their institution was abolished or ceased
00:26:08to operate, so we are looking for a place for them, and some of them refused to join, looking for
00:26:12a more suitable place, but we
00:26:14reinstated 10,015
00:26:17people to work. In fact, we believe and claim
00:26:21that we, as a ministry, were the first to start signing contracts with dismissed
00:26:24employees. There was a referral to the General Secretariat in the past to issue
00:26:28a decree for the reinstatement of dismissed employees. We found that it would
00:26:34files, and so on. You know, some people passed away, some people are not present, some people
00:26:38retired, some people are present. Therefore, we took the step
00:26:42of signing temporary contracts with them initially, and this was a precedent
00:26:45we started. After that, most
00:26:48ministries followed suit until a decree is issued to confirm and reinstate
00:26:51them officially. This is regarding
00:26:54the administrative
00:26:56matters in the ministry. We move on to
00:26:59the technical specialized sectors
00:27:03that we supervise and follow up on. And we start with the oil
00:27:06and gas sector, which initially was an invitation, an invitation, an invitation
00:27:10to the hearing for oil derivatives, and then it expanded to all oil
00:27:14and gas, electricity,
00:27:17water, and mineral resources, etc. As for the oil and gas
00:27:20sector, we have sought to restore fields and rehabilitate infrastructure
00:27:24since day one. And you know that
00:27:27our entry into the fields, we will mention it now, God willing, was not from
00:27:31the first day of liberation, the liberation of Syria, but rather
00:27:34almost in the first quarter or by the end of the first quarter, the real entry
00:27:38into the fields began this year, meaning it has not been a long
00:27:41time. We have not been
00:27:44a long time, especially in eastern Euphrates and the Rmeilan
00:27:48and Hasakah regions. As for oil and gas wealth in Syria, we have
00:27:5178 oil fields. 28 gas fields,
00:27:55our reserves are 2.5 billion barrels of crude oil
00:27:58and 241. Of course, this is based on old surveys, we have not
00:28:01yet formed a committee of geologists
00:28:04for the survey of oil and gas
00:28:07and a thermal map for geothermal, in addition to
00:28:11the issue of generating energy through the subterranean heat of geothermal, and adding
00:28:15to the map an update of the water map for groundwater in Syria. Now,
00:28:19this committee is for searching and contracting with a
00:28:22qualified company. We received many offers and companies, but
00:28:26some issues had a certain sensitivity, security sensitivity
00:28:29and others. We postponed the matter until this committee was formed. And now the committee
00:28:33is studying the reality of the existing
00:28:36stock and reserves and the new survey process for Syria. The reality of the
00:28:40oil and gas sector at the beginning of the liberation, we had
00:28:4314 fields under our control from the beginning, which were west
00:28:46of the Euphrates, and about 140 wells in production.
00:28:507,000 barrels was Syria's production only, meaning without east
00:28:53of the Euphrates. In the beginning, these were the fields of the central region and Al-Taim,
00:28:57about 6 million cubic meters of average gas production, 6
00:29:00million cubic meters, and this is a very important number. Gas production was
00:29:046 million cubic meters, and I want to point out that there are many
00:29:08questions that come to us, as the Deputy mentioned, about the issue of conflicting
00:29:12statements and so on, and I want to emphasize
00:29:14the issue of sometimes the public's lack of
00:29:18understanding of a certain
00:29:22gas is the same as household gas, LPG. Certainly,
00:29:26not all people are specialists
00:29:29energy. When we talk about gas production of 6 million cubic meters, we are talking about
00:29:33natural gas, which is used in power plants
00:29:36to generate electricity, not LPG, household gas, which
00:29:40we need almost 1300 to 1500 tons per day of, which we
00:29:44are currently importing. We are producing 100 tons. Okay. This is
00:29:48called LPG, household gas. This is called natural gas, which
00:29:51is used in power plants, so that the words are clear
00:29:55when we talk about importing LPG gas
00:29:59natural gas. Stages of returning to the
00:30:02main fields. January 17, 2026, beginning of receiving the recovered
00:30:06oil fields. January 18-19, 2026, receiving a group
00:30:10of the most prominent fields in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. In March
00:30:132026, entry into the Al-Hasakah region,
00:30:16and of course you know the settlement that took place east
00:30:19of the Euphrates, and there were approved companies
00:30:22in developing the fields and wells. Unfortunately, with the capabilities
00:30:26that were available to the engineers and technicians who were working there, the condition of the
00:30:30wells and the Salmanats was very bad. I used to
00:30:32produce 14,000. By the way,
00:30:36how was the conflict in statements? 140, and today 10,000 or
00:30:3914,000. Of course, we used to produce about 14,000
00:30:43barrels. Of course, people, it doesn't mean that if I say today
00:30:47140,000 or today we are producing 10,000 or 103,000, then tomorrow it must be
00:30:5010,000. It could be 100,000. It could be
00:30:5311,000. I mean, a few days ago, when fuel prices were raised,
00:30:57you saw roads blocked and crude oil stopped for them.