Syria has exported crude oil for the first time in 14 years. The Ministry of Energy confirmed that 600,000 barrels of heavy crude were loaded on September 1 onto the Greek-owned tanker Nissos Christiana, which has a capacity of 114,264 deadweight tons, at the port of Tartus.
Tracking data showed the tanker had not yet departed Syria.
The crude was purchased by B Serve Energy, a company linked to global oil trader BB Energy. A Syrian energy official, Riyad al-Joubasi, said the shipment was taken from several oil fields in the country but did not specify which ones.
Before the war, Syria exported about 380,000 barrels per day in 2010. At that time, Shell operated the country’s largest field with government partners, and France’s Total ran the second-largest. Both companies suspended operations in 2011 when European sanctions were introduced.
Syria’s oil industry collapsed during the nearly 14-year war that
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