(Zaman Al Wasl)- In an effort to improve oil and gas production in Kurdish-held areas, the US-led Syrian Democratic Forces is building a new power plant south of the Jbeissa oil and gas field in northeastern Hasaka province.
A source provided Zaman al-Wasl with aerial photographs of the station, where construction started earlier this month. The station includes US-made generators and a conversion station with a capacity of 66/230 KV.
This station was established to secure the necessary electricity for Jbeissa gas plant as well as the field’s oil plant, in addition to the Kebiba station, east of Jbeissa. The construction of the plant is expected to be completed within the next two months. The required electricity will be generated directly by the four existing generators, while the station is connected to the medium-voltage grid from the Sweidiyah power plant north of Hasaka.
The factories and fields belonging to the Jbeissa Directorate were previously fed from the conversion station in Shadadi, which has been demolished during the past years.
This course of action is part of the rehabilitation process of all fields and wells under SDF control in order to benefit from them in the next phase, all of course, under US sponsorship.
The Kurdish territory has been shrunk due to the Turkish military operation last month.
Turkish forces have created a 120-kilometre (75-mile) "safe zone" between Tal Abyad and the town of Ras al-Ain, pushing the YPG-led forces out of the area. Turkish troops on Friday began joint patrols with Russian forces.
Zaman Al Wasl
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