Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper considered that the resumption of the flow of crude oil from the areas controlled by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northeastern Syria to the areas inside Syria, after it stopped since the fall of the Assad regime on December 8, is an indication of the imminent easing of the economic and political situation.
Official media outlets announced on Saturday that, according to a preliminary agreement on oil between the SDF and the Syrian government, dozens of crude oil tankers were resumed from the Tal Adas station, in the countryside of Al-Malikiyah, towards the refineries in Homs and Banias. The export will be at a daily rate exceeding 5,000 barrels of crude oil, but this will cover part of the oil needs of the areas controlled by Damascus, estimated at more than five million barrels per month.
The Saudi newspaper reported that the resumption of the flow of oil from the northeast of the country to the interior comes at a time when political negotiations are taking place between Damascus and the SDF to avoid fighting and the inclusion of SDF elements in the Syrian army and participation in the management of the country within a unified Syria.
The Syrian government is facing difficulties in importing oil through local brokers, as none of the major importers have applied for the tenders it has offered due to the ongoing sanctions and financial risks, Reuters reported earlier.
Current oil production in areas controlled by the Syrian government is about 10,000 barrels per day, while the actual need is more than 200,000 barrels per day.
The SDF currently control most of the Syrian oil production sites with US support, as the United States practically supervises the two largest fields in Deir Ezzor province. The SDF controls the Rmeilan fields in Hasakah province in northeastern Syria, while the Bashar al-Assad regime only controlled some small, low-production fields in the eastern countryside of Homs and Deir Ezzor province.
The Al-Omar field is considered the largest field in Deir Ezzor Governorate, and is located 15 kilometers east of the town of Al-Busayrah. It produced 80 thousand barrels per day before 2011, followed by the medium-sized Al-Taym and Al-Ward fields, which produced 50 thousand barrels per day each, then the Al-Tanak field located in the Al-Shaitat desert in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor, which produced 40,000 barrels. While the Al-Rumailan field in Hasakah province is considered one of the oldest oil fields in Syria, experts estimate the number of oil wells belonging to it at 1322 wells, and it produced 90 thousand barrels per day, in addition to other fields in Hasakah, such as the Al-Shaddadi, Al-Jabsa, and Al-Hawl fields, and the smallest of them is the Al-Yusufiyah field.
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