Syrian Arab Republic
TABLE 3. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, BALANCE FOR 2015 (IN THOUSAND TONNES OF OIL EQUIVALENT (KTOE) ON A NET CALORIFIC VALUE BASIS)
| Year 2015 | Coal* | Crude oil** | Oil product | Natural gas | Nuclear | Hydro | Electricity | Total*** |
| Production | 0 | 1155 | 0 | 3484 | n.a. | 36 | 0 | 4660 |
| Imports | 1 | 4400 | 1717 | 0 | n.a. | 0 | 0 | 6118 |
| Exports | 0 | 0 | -601 | 0 | n.a. | -23 | -623 | |
| Electricity plants | 0 | 0 | -1385 | -2851 | n.a. | -36 | 1538 | -2734 |
| Gas works | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.a. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liquefaction plants | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.a. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oil refineries | 0 | -5479 | 5437 | 0 | n.a. | 0 | 0 | -42 |
| Energy industry own use | 0 | 0 | -160 | -52 | n.a. | 0 | -176 | -388 |
| Losses | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.a. | 0 | -225 | -225 |
| Total final consumption | 0 | 0 | 4897 | 582 | n.a. | 0 | 1115 | 6600 |
| Industry | 0 | 0 | 966 | 205 | n.a. | 0 | 375 | 1546 |
| Transport | 0 | 0 | 2132 | 0 | n.a. | 0 | 0 | 2132 |
TABLE 4. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC SUMMARY ENERGY STATISTICS
| Oil | ||||
| Proved reserves, 2014 (million barrels) | Total oil supply, 2012 (thousand bbl/d) | Total petroleum consumption, 2012 (thousand bbl/d) | ||
| 2500 | 71 | 258 | ||
| Natural gas (billion cubic feet) | ||||
| Proved reserves, 2013 | Dry natural gas production, 2012 | Dry natural gas consumption, 2012 | Reserve to production ratio | |
| 8500 | 228 | 228 | 26 | |
| Electricity | ||||
| Generation capacity, 2011 (GW) | Electricity generation, 2011 (BkWh) |
Electricity consumption, 2010 (BkWh) |
Distribution losses, 2010 (BkWh) |
|
| 7.8 | 43.8 | 35.6 | 7.1 | |
TABLE 5. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC ENERGY AND ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION AND RATIO OF EXTERNAL DEPENDENCY
| 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2012 | |
| Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) | 27.9 | 48.8 | 57.04 | 41.24 |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) | 719.9 | 1135.7 | 1865 | 1453 |
| Electricity production/Energy production (%) | 4.4 | 5.9 | 10.7 | 19 |
| Nuclear/Total electricity (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratio of external dependency (%) | -186.3 | -92.8 | -11.1 | 2.3 |
TABLE 7. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY
| Average annual growth rate (%) | ||||||||
| 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2009 | 2012* | 2000 to 2012 | |
| Capacity of electric power plants, gigawatt electrical (GWe) | ||||||||
| - Thermal | 1.83 | 4.50 | 5.07 | 6.37 | 6.69 | 3.35 | ||
| - Hydro | 0.55 | 1.06 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.25 | 1.33 | ||
| - Nuclear | ||||||||
| - Wind | ||||||||
| - Geothermal | ||||||||
| - Other renewables | ||||||||
| - Total | 2.33 | 5.57 | 6.23 | 7.52 | 7.94 | 2.50 | ||
| Electricity production, terawatt hours (TWh) | ||||||||
| - Thermal | 10.63 | 22.71 | 31.49 | 41.38 | 39.26 | 4.67 | ||
| - Hydro | 1.59 | 2.50 | 3.45 | 1.95 | 3.64 | 3.18 | ||
| - Nuclear | ||||||||
| - Wind | ||||||||
| - Geothermal | ||||||||
| - other renewables | ||||||||
| - Total1 | 12.22 | 25.21 | 34.94 | 43.30 | 42.90 | 4.53 | ||
| Total electricity consumption (TWh) | 8.90 | 18.53 | 27.06 | 32.50 | 35.32 | 5.52 |