Baniyas Refinery

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Baniyas Refinery
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Location of Baniyas Refinery within Syria
Country Syria
Province Tartus
City Baniyas
Coordinates 35°13′1″N35°57′34″E / 35.21694°N 35.95944°E / 35.21694; 35.95944
Refinery details
Owner(s)Baniyas Oil Company
Capacity125,000 bbl/d (19,900 m3/d)
Refining units4
Website https://www.brc.sy

The Baniyas Refinery is an oil refinery located north of Baniyas, Syria. It is the largest oil refinery in Syria. [1] It is owned by the Baniyas Oil Company, which is managed by the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources. [2] Of its four refining units, two process light crude, originally configured for Euphrates Valley crude, and two process heavy crude, originally configured for Suwayda crude. [3] [4] Pipelines connect the refinery to oil fields in Deir ez-Zor and Al-Hasakah. [5] The refinery houses a thermal power station [6] that runs on fuel oil and has an installed capacity of 30 MW. [3]

During the Syrian civil war, the refinery processed up to 125,000 barrels per day imported from Iran by oil tankers, [5] [3] which docked at Baniyas oil terminal. [7] Following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, it was forced to temporarily halt operations due to the cessation of Iranian imports. [1] In September 2025, the refinery received deliveries of imported equipment as part of a modernisation project. [8]

Several incidents have occurred at the facility. In 2019, an explosion during site maintenance killed a worker. [9] In August 2021, a fuel leak from the refinery power plant caused an oil spill along the Syrian coast. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dadouch, Sarah (2024-12-19). "Syria's largest refinery stops operating as Iran oil flow ceases". Financial Times . Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  2. ↑ "The Baniyas Refinery Company". OpenSanctions.org. 1974. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  3. 1 2 3 Butter, David (July 2015). Syria’s Economy: Picking up the Pieces (PDF). Chatham House. pp. 19–22.
  4. ↑ Butter, David (2014-04-02). "Fueling Conflict: Syria's War for Oil and Gas". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  5. 1 2 Zwijnenburg, Wim (2019-07-31). "Iranian Oil Spills on Syria's Shores: A Brief OSINT Overview of an Environmental Incident". Bellingcat . Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  6. 1 2 "Cyprus on alert as Syrian oil slick spreads across Mediterranean". BBC News . 2021-08-31. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
  7. ↑ "Iranian Oil Tanker Arrives at Baniyas Amidst Syria's Fuel Crisis". The Syrian Observer. 2024-09-17. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
  8. ↑ "Baniyas Refinery Receives Special Equipment to Improve Petroleum Production". Syrian Arab News Agency . 2025-09-06. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  9. ↑ Al-Khalidi, Suleiman. "Syria's oil minister says production unit in Banias refinery damaged in explosion". Reuters . Archived from the original on 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2024-12-21.
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