The Syrian Ministry of Oil and Natural Resources announced on Sunday that the electricity network in the country would be affected after several oil wells stopped operating due to the security situation in the badia area.
In a press statement released by the Syrian news agency, SANA, the Ministry said: “The recent increase of electricity rationing was the result of the security situation in the badia, which caused the Hayan and al-Shaer fields to stop operating and the release of a large quantity of gas that greatly affected the electricity network.”
The Ministry said it would follow up on the situation and return things back to normal and compensate for the lost supply.
Last week, the Ministry announced that oil facilities have been targeted in the central Homs province. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had also talked about drone attacks on the facilities.
The Ministry previously reported that the attacks targeted an oil refinery located in the city of Homs, a gas plant south of the central region, and the Al Rayyan gas station in the badia.
In 2017, the regime regained control of the al-Shaer field in the eastern Homs countryside. The regime and the Fifth Brigade, under the supervision of Russian forces, now control the gas fields in the Palmyra region in the Homs countryside.
The Shaer line transfers some 2.5 million cu m/day of sales gas to the Ebla gas factory.
Ebla is located in the Central Syrian Gas Basin and includes the al-Shaer and Cherrife development areas.
