Syria exports first crude oil shipment in 14 years, official says
Syria exported 600,000 barrels of heavy crude oil from Tartus port under a deal with B Serve Energy, marking gradual recovery after 14 years of conflict and sanctions.
- Syria exported its first official crude oil shipment in 14 years on September 1, 2025, from the port of Tartus under a deal with B Serve Energy.
- This export followed Bashar al-Assad’s toppling in December 2024, the end of the Ba'ath Party regime, and the lifting of many US sanctions by President Trump in June 2025.
- Syria’s oil industry, once producing close to 400,000 barrels daily before the civil war, has been severely damaged over 14 years by conflict, sanctions, infrastructure destruction, and changing control of oilfields, leading to a reduction in output to approximately 40,000 barrels per day by 2023.
- Syria has taken steps to revive its energy exports and regain its position in the global market by dispatching a tanker, Nissos Christiana, loaded with six hundred thousand barrels of heavy crude oil, supported by new agreements and strategic plans for the sector.
- This renewed export activity implies Syria is gradually rebuilding its oil infrastructure and economy, with further export operations and foreign investment expected despite continuing sanctions on certain individuals and groups.
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Syria Resumes Crude Oil Exports After 14-Year Hiatus - The Syrian Observer
Syria has reached a significant milestone in its economic recovery with the export of its first crude oil shipment in 14 years. On Monday, 1 September 2025, 600,000 barrels of heavy crude were dispatched from the port of Tartus aboard the tanker Nissos Christiana, as announced by the Syrian Ministry of Energy. The shipment, facilitated through a deal with B Serve Energy — a firm linked to global oil trading company BB Energy — signals Syria’s re…
Syria Exports First Crude Oil in 14 Years
Syria has just exported its first cargo of crude oil in 14 years after the U.S. Administration revoked in June the sanctions on the country that has been in a prolonged war over the past decade and a half. Syria shipped on Monday 600,000 barrels of heavy crude oil from the port of Tartus under an agreement to sell the cargo to B Serve Energy, a company affiliated with global trading firm BB Energy, Riyad al-Joubasi, assistant director for oil a…
Syria exports first crude oil shipment in 14 years, official says
Syria exported 600,000 barrels of heavy crude oil on Monday from the port of Tartus as part of a deal with a trading firm, a Syrian energy official told Reuters, the first known official export of Syrian oil in 14 years.
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