Syria

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Syria produces relatively modest quantities of oil and gas but the country’s location is strategic in terms of energy transit.
Syrian oil production and exports have been in decline since the mid-1990s.
Syria natural gas production is rising, but Syria will need to import gas to meet domestic demand, especially in the power sector .

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011				2012
		30 Year History	Syria	Middle East	World	Rank	Syria
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	330.82	26,872	87,093	33
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	300.21	24,035	74,080	33
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	258.00	7,888	87,421	50	^FF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	72.82	18,984	--	133	NA
Total Oil Exports to U.S.	Total crude oil and petroleum products.	Total Oil Exports to U.S. Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	NA			NA	NA
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	240	7,245	88,097	56	240
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2.50	753	NA	31	2.50
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010				2011
		29 Year History	Syria	Middle East	World	Rank	Syria
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	316	15,937	111,346	41	NA
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	340	13,277	112,864	46	NA
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-24	3,806	--	55	NA
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	9	2,658	NA	39	9
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2009				2010
			Syria	Middle East	World	Rank	Syria
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	1	7,546	61	0.000
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.004	16	7,318	111	0.004
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	-0.004	-15	--	82	-0.004
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009				2010
			Syria	Middle East	World	Rank	Syria
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	40.80	763	19,071	53	43.76
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	29.09	656	17,360	60	35.61
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	8.32	185	4,843	61	8.32
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2008				2009
			Syria	Middle East	World	Rank	Syria
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1.134	68	489	50	1.141
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.827	26	491	64	0.859
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	9,461	10,820	7,454	43	9,441
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2009				2010
			Syria	Middle East	World	Rank	Syria
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	58.76	1,708	29,778	53	63.10