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00:00:00Many warehouses, that is, the best
00:00:02by a group of warehouses we have in Homs, to some extent,
00:00:03his statements last year and his statements this some warehouses are holding up relatively well, acceptable, and we have some in Adra
00:00:07and the rest of the warehouses in the countryside of Aleppo, in Khan Touman,
00:00:12percentages and so on. Therefore, also in Khan al-Assal, in al-Ramousa, all of them are dilapidated and worn out, and the people of Aleppo know this
00:00:16on the need for energy. words. The warehouses in Idlib, which were in Kafr Batikh, are also
00:00:19completely destroyed,
00:00:21barrels per day of it's impossible to benefit from them. So many tanks and warehouses need to be rebuilt
00:00:25and rehabilitated. We started
00:00:28directly addressed by rehabilitating part of them, part of them, but the investment
00:00:30budgets, as we said, cannot cover everything for us. Today we have priorities in
00:00:35of oil, and the optimal solution is to increase the order of priorities. They tell us in the Ministry of Finance, stop revenues
00:00:38for the treasury for a year, then we will rebuild everything.
00:00:41But if the Ministry of Finance is asking us to raise
00:00:45salaries and wages, and we have investment projects, and you are a very
00:00:48large part of these stories as a petroleum company,
00:00:53direct inquiries from
00:00:53oil, they don't give us a day's respite in terms of financial transfers. As we mentioned, we used to give them 250 million
00:00:58we need a long time for dollars every month. After the oil became ours,
00:01:01250 million dollars, all of this
00:01:04He also said that Syria's need contributed to the increase in salaries and wages. If they would leave them to us for a period, not a year, but four or five months,
00:01:08a billion dollars, we would create a reserve and stock and tanks and supply lines, it would be
00:01:12fine. But unfortunately, the state also has priorities, and spending is not
00:01:15my responsibility. I mean, we, in the end, I have a plan to submit. For example, some
00:01:19brothers mentioned some investment projects in water
00:01:22stations that the professor mentioned in Al-Rasafi and others. We are submitting these
00:01:25stations. For example, in the investment budget, we have submitted for every
00:01:29governorate five wastewater treatment plants for the wastewater that goes into
00:01:32rivers and the sea. The sewage in Latakia and Tartus goes into the sea,
00:01:36and in Deir ez-Zor into the Euphrates, and in Idlib into
00:01:41and complete the Orontes, and in Hama into the Orontes. So we initially submitted five stations. Here we need your support
00:01:44tomorrow in approving the budgets. Brother, let's make this a priority, this is
00:01:47and this does truly a priority. Tomorrow, if they don't approve the budget for five
00:01:51health treatment plants, we will postpone this
00:01:54problem until next year. So we have submitted, in every governorate,
00:01:57a minimum of five treatment plants. Wastewater
00:02:00also oil and gas protection lines and continuity
00:02:04of supply. We had 22 attacks on oil pipelines, and honestly, we
00:02:08to the need for more also ask you, God willing, tomorrow once the projects are submitted to you, and we
00:02:11have submitted projects, this is one of the questions that we will answer now.
00:02:15We have submitted a draft water
00:02:17God willing, we will bring this refinery and install it in legislation law, it is new at the General Secretariat, and we have included, honestly, deterrent
00:02:21as the esteemed MP mentioned, thank you for violations. If someone digs a well, the next day
00:02:25we confiscate the drilling rig, especially in Daraa, the situation is very
00:02:28difficult in terms of water. We are making a great effort to prevent
00:02:32violations
00:02:34there. We will build a refinery in Homs, in and encroachments and to secure drinking water. The encroachments on drinking
00:02:37water are often easy and simple because the violator pays a few pounds
00:02:41and gets away with it, right? Or the same thing for electricity. The electricity
00:02:44line from Deir Ali station to
00:02:47Adra to Adra cost
00:02:50us approximately 4 million Syrian pounds. In two days,
00:02:54just on the holiday, Thursday, they cut the electricity and stole it.
00:02:58to stop it came The Ministry of Interior later found and caught them and so on, but there are no deterrent penalties. We also need
00:03:02legislation that is punitive
00:03:05our suffering from a shortage in for the penalties. Someone who steals 4 million costs us and cuts electricity from
00:03:07a large part of the region and costs us
00:03:10to buy oil from on it, and maybe he sold it for 200-300 thousand. This aluminum he took, we told him if he had come
00:03:13to us, we would have given it to him, but don't destroy people's homes. Two or three
00:03:16months, it's a crime. He has a factory melting it, making ingots and so on.
00:03:21some ordinary people, as he said, cannot The Interior raided them, thank them, and arrested them, and then
00:03:24they are referred to the judiciary, fined, and so on. They return after
00:03:26petroleum products, as we mentioned, for a period, they come back to this. This needs contracts.
00:03:30pipeline, and participation with Legislation. We need legislation from the People's Assembly that is
00:03:35in the numbers and a contradiction deterrent and punitive for all these
00:03:36in the statements. He said that some violations on electricity, water, and oil. Environmental safety also,
00:03:40we have the treatment of war effects by stopping primitive burners, and this was a very
00:03:44big problem. We talked about the cancers that spread in
00:03:47the region. The region there was
00:03:51of involving private companies in a dark cloud from these burners. These burners are a primitive work that is not economically
00:03:56and will place it in
00:03:56Firstly, we have a stock market price. feasible. It does not produce gasoline, it only produces diesel with not good specifications. All these factors led
00:03:59to oil theft, because when there are burners, people go and steal oil and take it.
00:04:03"We import about But when the matter is only with Questions that do not shy away from the refineries, if someone steals crude oil, what will he do with it?
00:04:04compromise on He stops stealing.
00:04:08In addition to the work we did, we carried out a radiological survey and monitoring in cooperation
00:04:13figures that perhaps the street with the Atomic Energy Commission and removed mines around the main sites in cooperation with
00:04:16the concerned authorities. We signed many memoranda of understanding for
00:04:20gas and oil exploration in the sea. We signed with major
00:04:23companies. Some say that we might go towards tenders. It is
00:04:27one of the most important ways to contract, which is tenders, but
00:04:31you have some matters that we call the political direction
00:04:34of the state in concluding some contracts. I mean, today,
00:04:3931 Syrian pounds per contracting with Chevron for example, the American company Chevron has its history,
00:04:43or the Italian company Eni, or ConocoPhillips. Some
00:04:46companies have their weight in the global
00:04:48yes, at oil and gas market.
00:04:50the latest prices in I mean, one of the Arab energy ministers told me, if
00:04:53Chevron and Conoco come to you, you will open the doors to all
00:04:56companies. I mean, frankly, he mentioned that there are major companies.
00:05:00Global leaders in
00:05:03has increased the pressure on oil and gas, it's an added
00:05:05three companies were established in value for them to enter the Syrian market, of course, provided that the contracts are fair
00:05:08between us and them, and not unfair. Yes,
00:05:11that's right. So far, we have made a memorandum
00:05:15of understanding, and it is in the process of converting the contract,
00:05:19and negotiations are at their peak with Conoco regarding
00:05:24currently, many companies were there. For example, in some matters,
00:05:27it is necessary, it pushes and forces the Ministry
00:05:31to go for direct contracting by mutual agreement,
00:05:34for example, such as petroleum products that we just
00:05:38talked about. If today I cannot find it in the market, then if a company
00:05:42says I have a petroleum product at a certain price lower than the global market, I can go
00:05:45towards direct contracting to secure this material. We do not leave people without
00:05:49diesel and gasoline for the sake of a tender that takes several days,
00:05:53or and the principle, the principle after stability and
00:05:56sustainability in the sector and the end of the crisis, we return to where we started
00:06:00from tenders. You might not know if anyone is aware, but when
00:06:03the Ministry was first established, all crude oil purchases were through tenders, but there was no crisis. Today
00:06:07the matter has changed. Companies are now submitting price offers,
00:06:11and this is one of the contracting methods that the contracts
00:06:14law has regulated for us. It allowed
00:06:17us to accept price offers and to procure price offers. It also allowed us to contract
00:06:21by mutual agreement in some exceptional matters, such as government companies
00:06:24and other exceptional circumstances. Okay,
00:06:27partnerships and investment in areas we mentioned that we have partnerships with
00:06:31ConocoPhillips, we have partnerships with Chevron, we also have with Total,
00:06:35the French Total, which is one of the giant and large companies in the energy sector,
00:06:38and we also have a partnership with Qatar
00:06:41Energy in terms of gas exploration. We have some
00:06:44partnerships with regional companies such as Edison, Kuwait Drilling Company,
00:06:48and UCS, which entered the power generation sector, as we will mention
00:06:51later. So, the new Syria's
00:06:55transition from a socialist economic system to a free market economic system,
00:07:00not mean that I chose this path.
00:07:03The state leadership, the presidency of the state, the Syrian
00:07:07government chose to transition from the socialist
00:07:10economic system to the market
00:07:13economy and the free economy. And this, I believe
00:07:16that most of those present agree that this
00:07:19is a necessary and very important step to build the new Syrian economy because
00:07:23it has proven its failure in many countries. And this stage, I say this
00:07:27stage that we are going through today, with some high prices and some
00:07:31lifting of subsidies on some services or reducing subsidies, not lifting, reducing subsidies on
00:07:34some services, this is a natural
00:07:37situation if we read a little about the history of countries that transitioned from this system to this
00:07:41system. If we went to Poland, Czech Republic, Georgia,
00:07:44Estonia, they went through this stage in 1992
00:07:47and 1993. They went through this stage, which is the transition from the corporate system.
00:07:51There was poverty, even though there was a decrease in the income rate, we increased
00:07:55the income rate by 550% increase
00:07:59in salaries, not to mention the qualitative increases that
00:08:02occurred for health, higher education, education, and
00:08:05inspection, justice, judiciary, and so on. These increases are real.
00:08:09We don't say we are behind them, no, we are an important part of them. Increases
00:08:13in wages and investment projects that are being implemented by the Syrian Petroleum Company
00:08:16are an important part of the state's revenues.
00:08:19250 million as we said monthly is a resource
00:08:23for the treasury that contributed to these increases and these measures
00:08:27and the existing investment projects.
00:08:29Regarding the Price Fixing Committee, we were also asked about it. Mr. President,
00:08:33we are not only presenting, we are answering the questions
00:08:36in general that the honorable MPs might
00:08:40raise. There is a decision to form a committee to set
00:08:44prices. This decision includes representatives from all relevant parties. We have
00:08:47the Ministry of Economy, we have the Central Bank, we have the Ministry
00:08:51of Finance, we have Geology, we have the Energy Services Department, we have
00:08:54the Syrian Petroleum Company. This is for the purpose of setting a pricing
00:08:58policy, and they have submitted it to us, and we will hopefully provide you with it, the mechanism for pricing
00:09:01petroleum products, how the pricing equation works, which one
00:09:05of the honorable MPs asked about.
00:09:08This price is known. We have platforms for
00:09:12the prices of petroleum products and crude oil. Then there is the import premium,
00:09:16the price of the material, the customs duties,
00:09:19the profit margins, the transportation fees, the storage fees,
00:09:23the administrative expenses, the renewable energy fee, the car registration fee, all of these
00:09:27are fees on it. Then there are profit margins.
00:09:30Originally, there were profit margins, but now they are all loss margins, because today
00:09:33a liter of diesel at international prices is 1570 dollars. The last deal
00:09:37we bought for a liter of diesel was 206 Syrian pounds.
00:09:40The Ministry is selling it
00:09:44for 206, and the company is selling it for
00:09:47175, as we set. So its loss is
00:09:51liter after this increase. 31 Syrian pounds, this diesel
00:09:55after the price increase, its cost is 26 Syrian pounds,
00:10:02the market after adjusting these prices without profits. Here, there is nothing
00:10:06called, I am saying its cost to us is 206.
00:10:09This is the stock market price of 1590.
00:10:13Of course, we bought the last one at 1570. Now it is 1590. Go back
00:10:16to the platforms. We can provide you with them, God willing, for the global market indicators.
00:10:20Fees and wages: 250. The final cost
00:10:23is 1840 tons. This
00:10:25is equivalent to 1200 liters. If we divide 1840 by
00:10:281200, we get 1.53
00:10:32dollars per liter. If we multiply it by the exchange rate
00:10:35of 135 today, it approximately comes out to 206 Syrian pounds,
00:10:39which is what we estimated at 175.
00:10:43The difference is 31, not 29. It is written as 29,
00:10:46but it is 31 Syrian pounds, the price difference
00:10:50between the imported diesel price
00:10:53and our pricing for it in the market. The strategic
00:10:57plan and priority of the stage is to increase Syria's production
00:11:00Syria's production, and we have a plan to increase production, God willing, we will provide
00:11:04you with it, God willing, we will provide the esteemed Council with the production plan.
00:11:08Of course, in general, we can say that if things go as
00:11:11we plan, and we don't have any emergencies, God willing, by
00:11:152028, we will achieve self-sufficiency in
00:11:18yes, by 2028. But for gas,
00:11:23gas. We might reach half of our needs by the
00:11:27end of 2030. But with
00:11:30the development of production in the sea, of course, the sea needs seven years. I mean, when
00:11:34we talk about gas exploration in the sea, tomorrow some will say,
00:11:37okay, we signed with Chevron, with Total, with Qatar Energy, with Eni,
00:11:41and so on. So where is the gas production? It needs seven
00:11:44years for gas to enter the energy sector. It's a very
00:11:47complicated issue. I mean, at the level of turbines, electricity is reserved in factories.
00:11:51We will talk about it with electricity. It's reserved in Siemens and Ansaldo factories. There are four
00:11:55companies, they are limited companies that manufacture turbines, and those who are familiar
00:11:58with the energy sector know Siemens, Ansaldo, GE,
00:12:02and Mitsubishi. These manufacture turbines. Turbine purchases are reserved
00:12:05until 2033, 2034, and 2035.
00:12:08No, thank God, through our partnership with UCS, we will get them ready by
00:12:112029. They will be coming because they have already purchased them from the companies.
00:12:14So we went for contracting with them to build stations and develop
00:12:18refineries. We were asked about the issue of refineries. God willing, yesterday,
00:12:21Friday, we had a team outside
00:12:26Syria that offered us a ready-made refinery for purchase, manufactured
00:12:30so it doesn't take us five years to manufacture.
00:12:33It might only need months for installation. A refinery
00:12:35with a capacity of about 30,000
00:12:39to 50,000, it can be developed.
00:12:42the eastern region in Deir ez-Zor,
00:12:46the remark, that we put a refinery in the same region instead of transporting oil
00:12:50here, then repeating and then transporting derivatives. No, in the same region, it provides jobs,
00:12:53it refines petroleum products and distributes them to the residents
00:12:59Al-Fardjlus, a refinery in Deir ez-Zor, and we are looking for a region
00:13:02in Aleppo because it needs an oil pipeline to reach it, it needs
00:13:05nearby water and so on. We are looking for a specific
00:13:09region. We might distribute four refineries, five refineries, each with a capacity
00:13:13of approximately 50,000 barrels, so that we cover the market
00:13:16needs along with the Banyas refinery we have. Also,
00:13:20expanding exploration. We have promising blocks for crude oil and gas. God willing,
00:13:23we will work on or have started working on
00:13:27exploring them. The companies, some companies and contracts are
00:13:31old. The companies declared force majeure during
00:13:34the revolution in 2012. Now,
00:13:37force majeure has been declared. Today, companies like Gulfsands have returned
00:13:40to the block they had. We contacted companies, some of them withdrew and some of them want
00:13:44to continue in the block they were in. Also, rehabilitating the transportation
00:13:48and storage system. Transporting
00:13:51heavy oil transport and the Kirkuk-Baniyas
00:13:55the private sector through the involvement of companies in
00:13:58the distribution process and the storage process. I mean, we
00:14:02discussed this a lot within the company and the Ministry. I mean, this
00:14:05might require, if some have studies or
00:14:08consultations, we welcome them. Honestly, it is a very sensitive
00:14:12step in this reality for the issue
00:14:16distribution specifically, whether in electricity or oil. However,
00:14:20God willing, we are studying it and will not proceed with the step until we reach
00:14:23a good final formula for the citizen and the company.
00:14:27Attracting new investments and new technology and transferring technology from
00:14:30major international companies. This
00:14:33is, for the oil and gas sector and petroleum products,
00:14:37we tried to clarify all the inquiries mentioned by the honorable
00:14:41MPs. God willing, we might have overlooked some points. We will take the questions again as mentioned
00:14:44by the President, so that we can answer them and then
00:14:48provide you with written answers, God willing. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr.
00:14:51Minister. We will take a break until 2:30
00:14:55sharp, and Mr. Minister will continue with
00:14:58electricity and water. Of course, we gave the minister time. Some members, Mr.
00:15:02Minister, received 40 questions from the Energy Committee, so he needs
00:15:06time. The session was adjourned until
00:15:092:30.
00:15:11So,
00:15:20if we continued the hearing session for the Minister of Energy,
00:15:23Mohammed Al-Bashir, in the People's Assembly.
00:15:25The most prominent statements by the Minister of Energy were that
00:15:30the Ministry, including the Syrian Petroleum Company, which is state-owned.
00:15:34He also said, we have reinstated more than 10,000
00:15:37dismissed employees to work out of 12,000
00:15:41applications. He also said, we have 78 oil fields
00:15:45and 28 gas fields.
00:15:49He also mentioned that the strategic reserve of crude oil
00:15:52amounts to two and a half billion barrels,
00:15:56and we need 300,000
00:15:59crude oil to cover Syria's
00:16:02needs. He also added that we performed maintenance
00:16:05on the Banyas refinery due to its need for maintenance
00:16:08and to preserve the safety of its workers.
00:16:11He also said that our current oil
00:16:14production is about 11,000 barrels
00:16:18per day, and production reached in a short period
00:16:21about 14,000
00:16:24barrels per day. The refining capacity of refineries in
00:16:28Syria reaches about 150,000
00:16:31barrels. The Minister of Energy also added that oil
00:16:35production is subject to fluctuations due to the reality of the wells and production
00:16:38and transportation.
00:16:42for gas is 24 million
00:16:45cubic meters, of which we produce about 8 million
00:16:49and buy about 6.3
00:16:52billion cubic meters of gas
00:16:55daily from Azerbaijan via Jordan, and we need
00:16:5912 million liters of diesel per day
00:17:02and 8 million liters of gasoline.
00:17:05He also added, we need
00:17:08831 million dollars monthly to buy
00:17:12petroleum products and crude oil, and we are moving towards
00:17:16contracting with friendly countries that produce fuel
00:17:19until we achieve self-sufficiency. These
00:17:23are the most prominent urgent news
00:17:26that came from the Minister of Energy in the hearing session before
00:17:30the People's Assembly. The Minister of Energy also
00:17:33spoke about the increase in the number of cars in
00:17:36Syria from two and a half million to
00:17:393.6
00:17:42million, which led
00:17:45fuel. He also talked about a gap of about 200,000
00:17:49barrels of crude oil, and
00:17:52that the Banyas refinery is not designed or qualified
00:17:55to refine heavy oil. He added,
00:17:59we now buy gas completely after the grant
00:18:02from Qatar ended. He also added that
00:18:06the Minister of Energy said they have options:
00:18:09either we live in a fuel crisis and stop buying gas,
00:18:13and consequently, electricity will be cut off for most
00:18:16of the day. The Minister of Energy, Mohammed Al-Bashir, also added
00:18:20that the Homs refinery is currently
00:18:23an energy security for Syria. He also said
00:18:26that technicians described the Banyas refinery
00:18:29as a ticking time bomb,
00:18:33and the decision out of concern for
00:18:38safety. The Minister of Energy, Mohammed Al-Bashir, also spoke about
00:18:42foreign currencies, specifically in dollars,
00:18:47abroad. He also spoke about the Kirkuk-Baniyas
00:18:50pipeline, which is a dilapidated line in need of complete
00:18:54replacement. The first step
00:18:57begins from the Iraqi side, according to the Minister of Energy. He also
00:19:01spoke about the heavy oil transport line, the heavy
00:19:04oil pipeline, and said that they have removed the encroachment
00:19:08from it, and it will be in service soon. Work is currently underway
00:19:11to rehabilitate it. He also spoke about
00:19:14the demands of the Ministry of Finance to the Ministry of Oil
00:19:18for financial transfers to the Ministry in
00:19:22order to pay salaries and other financial
00:19:25details. He also recently spoke about them working
00:19:28on purchasing a ready-made oil refinery
00:19:33the eastern region. These are the most prominent
00:19:38urgent news that the Minister of Energy, Mohammed Al-Bashir, spoke about in
00:19:42the hearing session before the People's Assembly, which
00:19:45is still ongoing or
00:19:48will resume again after about half an hour,
00:19:52according to what the Speaker of the People's Assembly said. Joining
00:19:55us for more details is Syria TV correspondent from Damascus, Hazem Awad. Welcome,
00:19:59Hazem. Please summarize for us the most important points
00:20:03from this session. Also joining us is Abada Mansour
00:20:06from inside the People's Assembly. So
00:20:10we have Hazem Awad from outside the People's Assembly
00:20:13and Abada Mansour from inside the People's
00:20:16Assembly. Abada Mansour, welcome. Please summarize for us the most important points
00:20:20from this session and the reactions to
00:20:24the Minister of Energy's statements.
00:20:27In fact, the honorable
00:20:33MPs have now left for a break, with the session
00:20:37adjourned until 2:30. So there is
00:20:39about half an hour break. The session
00:20:43lasted for about two hours. And actually, this
00:20:46session was forty questions addressed
00:20:52Syrian MPs in the People's Assembly. These questions were addressed directly
00:20:55to the Minister of Energy, who attended this session today, which
00:20:59was postponed from last Thursday, September
00:21:037th, to today, September
00:21:0620th, to allow the Ministry of Energy to take its time
00:21:10and for the Minister of Energy to answer these questions today.
00:21:13Of course, the Minister of Energy today , in fact, after these questions were
00:21:18the MPs, he was actually asked a wide
00:21:21range of questions that started with
00:21:25inquiries about the energy situation completely in Syria, inquiries about
00:21:28the electricity and water situation, in addition to inquiries about
00:21:32the recent increase that fuel prices reached
00:21:36recently in Syria, the recent increase that was actually
00:21:39about 40%. There were also
00:21:43the honorable MPs about
00:21:45the next stage, how the Syrian
00:21:50Ministry of Energy will deal directly
00:21:54with this crisis it is experiencing, from raising
00:21:57fuel prices, and also from providing fuel or providing
00:22:01diesel in three
00:22:03categories. There were also specific questions about electricity
00:22:06and water and other matters related to the Ministry
00:22:10of Energy. Of course, Waseem, the Minister of Energy, Mohammed Bashir, in fact, fully
00:22:14addressed these questions. He answered a large
00:22:18number of these questions directly through the briefing he provided
00:22:21initially, regarding the amount
00:22:25of oil that Syria produces daily. He spoke
00:22:29about approximately 110 barrels, or
00:22:3110,000 barrels, are produced, with
00:22:35fluctuations depending on the state of these wells. He also
00:22:39spoke about the amount of gas, which is estimated at
00:22:42800,000 cubic meters, while Syria's need
00:22:45is approximately 24,000
00:22:48meters per day, and the rest is imported from
00:22:52some countries. Of course, he also spoke about
00:22:55the situation of the wells in northeastern
00:22:59Syria. There are a large number of wells that have been, I mean, they are out of order.
00:23:02Some wells have not yet been,
00:23:05repaired.
00:23:14area
00:23:14of extraction.
00:23:19Yes, yes, Abada, it seems we are facing a problem with the Syria TV correspondent from
00:23:23inside the People's Assembly, Abada Mansour.
00:23:26I will move outside the People's Assembly with Hazem Awad.
00:23:29Hazem, how did you record people's opinions
00:23:32about this session? Of course, an initial survey because the session has not
00:23:36ended yet.
00:23:38Actually, here in the street,
00:23:42next to the People's Assembly, some people we stopped
00:23:45during this period while waiting outside
00:23:48the Council, some of them don't know what is happening inside
00:23:52or under the dome of Parliament. There were
00:23:56some followers who asked
00:23:59us what was happening inside and whether the minister had presented anything useful.
00:24:03Frankly, the minister provided general clarifications.
00:24:06Perhaps he even said, during the clarifications, that
00:24:11understand some details provided by the Ministry, and this
00:24:15is an important point the minister included in his refutation
00:24:18of the accusations made against the Ministry
00:24:22that there was a contradiction
00:24:26people, for example, do not know precisely what kind of
00:24:30gas we produce and what kind of household gas there is, and they cannot
00:24:34differentiate between produced gas, natural
00:24:37gas for energy production, and
00:24:39household gas that comes to their homes.
00:24:43And here he began to refute some of the accusations, as we said,
00:24:46that were directed at the Ministry of Energy regarding
00:24:50contradictory statements. He said,
00:24:536.3 million cubic meters of gas daily,
00:24:57equivalent to 150 million dollars per month."
00:25:00He spoke in
00:25:03does not understand, and it is not a matter
00:25:07of understanding; it does not understand them in the sense that these are not the justifications
00:25:10it expects in this way. He also provided
00:25:13other figures regarding the contradictions that were said
00:25:17in previous statements by the minister himself,
00:25:20that Syria exports oil, Syria
00:25:23has become self-sufficient in oil production and does not import at all. He said
00:25:26that the figures that were presented last year regarding
00:25:30oil production were sufficient at the time, but
00:25:33when northeastern Syria was liberated
00:25:36and annexed to Syrian geography, the need became greater because those areas that
00:25:40relied on burners or relied on wells under
00:25:43SDF control perhaps used to buy
00:25:46oil from those entities. Today, they are demanding that the Ministry
00:25:50secure this oil, and this
00:25:53the need that was declared to be
00:25:5615,000 barrels per day. Of course, he also spoke
00:26:00about several factors that contributed to the increased need between
00:26:06year regarding the increased need for energy due to
00:26:09progress in industries, for example,
00:26:13and he spoke about other matters that perhaps contributed to increasing the pressure
00:26:18What meaning the difference between something
00:26:22last year and something this year. He also said that
00:26:25perhaps some statements differ from time to time regarding the quantity of oil
00:26:29barrels produced, and this depends on the daily variation, perhaps, that these
00:26:33wells sometimes produce 15,000 barrels and sometimes produce
00:26:36112,000 barrels, and sometimes 10,000 barrels.
00:26:40Therefore, it is not possible to set a clear number
00:26:43because the wells perhaps
00:26:46do not produce consistently. He said that the wells
00:26:49that the Ministry of Oil received from northeastern Syria
00:26:52are in a difficult situation. He also said that the primitive refineries that
00:26:56some areas in northeastern Syria relied on have gone out of service, and therefore
00:27:00the pressure has also increased. We return to the
00:27:10members of the People's Assembly on the words
00:27:12of the minister.
00:27:17This is what he will
00:27:21take as a break, in fact.
00:27:24There are several discussions actually taking place at this moment.
00:27:27I hear some of them, which are that the minister has not yet answered
00:27:31all the questions. The members of parliament are actually waiting
00:27:35for the other part or the second part of this session, which will resume
00:27:38after about half an hour from now. They will listen
00:27:43with the Syrian Minister of Energy the remaining
00:27:47questions for which they need answers.
00:27:50Also, some members of parliament say that this session
00:27:54today has received a set of information that was
00:27:57absent from them in some
00:28:01items, and also some were,
00:28:04they knew them, but the minister did not provide them
00:28:07with much information about them. Of course,
00:28:10we will actually wait for the second part of this session to hear what
00:28:13remains with the Syrian Minister of Energy from the hearing and briefing session that
00:28:17he will present. There are also some sections in which he will present
00:28:21information, whether about electricity or water or other
00:28:24sections
00:28:26of the Ministry of Energy. Yes, thank you, Obada Mansour, Syria TV correspondent. You were with us
00:28:30from inside the People's Assembly. And many thanks also
00:28:32to Hazem Awad, who was with us from in front of the People's Assembly. Thank you
00:28:36very much for these clarifications.
00:28:40Viewers, we will be with you with the latest developments of this
00:28:43session to listen to
00:28:47the Minister of Energy in front of the People's Assembly shortly, when
00:28:50it resumes with colleague Amina Akkari, by God's
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