19/7/2025–|Last update: 16:18 (Mecca time)
The CEO of Argentine LNG, Jonathan Bass, said on Friday that Baker Hughes, Hunt Energy and Argentie will prepare a comprehensive plan for the oil, gas sector and power generation in SyriaIn a partnership aimed at re -establishing the energy infrastructure affected by a 14 -year war.
The move is a rapid shift, as it will witness the entry of American companies to a country that was previously subject to one of the most severe sanctions systems in the world.
The American President decided Donald Trump The abolition of US sanctions imposed on Syria at the end of last June.
These companies -and their headquarters US American- Helping in oil and gas excavations, extracting them and producing electricity to give the economy a boost at a time when the government seeks to rebuild Syria and support its return to the global scene.
The plan comes after other companies – many of them from Gulf Arab countries – are accelerating to sign agreements to enhance energy generation infrastructure and ports in Syria.
Refresh the energy sector
“We are initiating a basic and comprehensive energy plan and to generate electricity in Syria based on an initial assessment of the opportunities available to improve the ability of generation and delivery of service in the short term,” Pass told Reuters by phone.
“Our efforts aim to support the revival of the energy sector in coordination with the relevant authorities,” he added. He continued, “This includes possible activities in all stages of the value chain, from excavation and production to electricity generation, including powerful power plants.”
Reuters says she has not yet received any questions she sent via e -mail to Baker Hughes, and Hunt Energy has refrained from commenting.
The plan places a vision to start areas under the control of the Syrian government to the West from the Euphrates.
East Syria, where most oil production, is still controlled Syrian Democratic ForcesThe United States is supported by the Kurds.
Washington urged the Syrian Democratic Forces to integrate into the new authorities in Damascus after the overthrow of B.Bashar al -Assad.
Because of the 14 -year war, severe damage to the electricity sector in Syria, and currently produces only 1.6 gigawatts of electricity, has come from 9.5 Gigate before 2011.
Last May, Syria signed a memorandum of understanding with the Qatar Holding Company to develop projects to generate electrical energy worth $ 7 billion, including 4 stations in gas turbines operating in the vehicle and a solar power plant with a capacity of a thousand megawatts in southern Syria.
Increasing attention
In a post on LinkedIn yesterday, Thursday, the Syrian Minister of Finance, the Syrian Minister of Finance, said that the three companies constitute an alliance for investment in Syria and the development of the energy sector in the country.
Pas, CEO of Hunt Energy, Hunter L. Hunt, and a senior executive at Baker Hughes, arrived in Syria on a private plane on Wednesday morning.
Buria said that this visit “indicates an increasing interest between American companies and investors in dealing with Syria.”
Argentine CEO reported that they were at a meeting with Burniyah when it was launched Israel A series of air strikes on Damascus shook the city, describing it as a “big”.
Bass has been working on the energy project since the visit of Damascus and the meeting of the Syrian President Ahmed Al -Shara Last April.