Syria by Province: Oil and Gas, Telecom and Construction
A sourced guide to oil and gas, telecommunications and construction activity across Syria’s provinces, and where our focus areas could apply.
Syria by province: what this guide covers
Syria by province means different resources, infrastructure and conditions in every region. This Syria by province guide gives sourced facts on oil and gas, telecommunications and construction for each province, so readers can see where public safety communications, oil and gas safety and site safety systems matter most.
How to use this guide
Syria's resources, infrastructure and conditions differ widely from one province to the next. This guide collects publicly reported facts by region, with sources and dates, covering our three focus areas only: oil and gas, telecommunications and construction. It describes context only: it does not claim that 3S Ventures operates in any province, and conditions change.
Where our focus areas fit, at a glance
East and northeast: Deir ez-Zor, Hasakah, Raqqa
Oil and gas fields and the contracts now being signed: oil and gas safety and security systems, and resilient communications for remote sites.
Coast: Tartus, Latakia
Refining and offshore exploration agreements: safety, security and communications for energy facilities.
Aleppo, Damascus region, Homs, Idlib: development and reconstruction
Industrial-city expansions and reconstruction programs: construction and site safety systems, and public safety broadband for emergency agencies.
Everywhere: telecommunications
Uneven public coverage across provinces: independent public safety broadband networks, planned region by region.
East and Northeast
Deir ez-Zor
Oil & gas: Al-Omar, described as Syria's largest oil field, is reported at about 20,000 barrels per day against 80,000 in the 1990s. The Conoco gas plant, with a pre-war capacity of about 13 million cubic meters per day, has been offline for years. A map on Novaterra's website reportedly shows a development area at Tabyyah near Deir ez-Zor under the gas contract signed on 16 June 2026 (field names are not officially confirmed).
Telecom: Included in a September 2026 monitoring report of weak and uneven mobile and internet service.
Construction: An industrial city plan covers Deir ez-Zor, within a government plan to add about 10,000 hectares of industrial cities in phases.
Enab Baladi · MEES · SANA · Enab Baladi
Hasakah
Oil & gas: The Rmelan and Suwaidiyah fields hold more than 1,300 oil wells and 25 gas wells, producing about 90,000 barrels per day at their pre-war peak and reportedly about 9,000 today due to depletion and aging infrastructure. The Jbessa field has facilities for processing gas and oil.
Raqqa
Oil & gas: Smaller fields such as Thawra historically produced only a few thousand barrels per day.
Telecom: Included in the September 2026 monitoring report.
Construction: A January 2026 UN update reported that infrastructure losses in Raqqa were lower than anticipated.
Enab Baladi · Enab Baladi · UNDP flash update, northeast Syria
Coast and Offshore
Tartus
Oil & gas: Home to the Baniyas refinery, with reported capacity of roughly 120,000 to 130,000 barrels per day and a designed 6 million tonnes of crude per year. It was reported back at full production on 18 May 2026 after maintenance. Refinery upgrade tenders are planned this year, along with a new 150,000 barrel-per-day refinery.
Enab Baladi · MEED · AGBI
Latakia
Oil & gas: Syria's territorial waters are the subject of offshore agreements: a February 2026 memorandum with Chevron and Qatar's UCC Holding, and a May 2026 memorandum with ConocoPhillips, TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy. Drilling could take up to four years to reach gas reserves.
Telecom: Included in the September 2026 monitoring report.
Offshore Magazine · AFP via Connaissance des Énergies · Enab Baladi
Central Syria
Homs
Oil & gas: The Homs refinery, rated at about 100,000 barrels per day before the war, has been reported offline, with plans to build a new refinery about 50 km away. A Saudi company has begun maintenance work at Abu Rabah in eastern Homs, and the Novaterra map reportedly shows a development area at Bilaas, north of Palmyra (unconfirmed).
Construction: Expansion of the Hassia industrial city by roughly 10,000 hectares is planned.
AGBI · Enab Baladi · MEES · SANA
Hama
Oil & gas: We have not found sourced, province-specific figures to report here yet and will add them as they become available.
North
Aleppo
Telecom: Included in the September 2026 monitoring report.
Construction: The Sheikh Najjar industrial city covers about 4,500 hectares. Development has begun on about 1.5 million square meters under a contract with a real estate developer, and a partnership with Suzhou Land Group has been reported.
Idlib
Construction: A Turkish company, Esra Holding, signed an agreement in August 2026 to help expand the Bab al-Hawa industrial city.
Damascus and Rif Dimashq
Damascus
Telecom: Included in the September 2026 monitoring report.
Construction: A March 2026 presidential decree formed a committee, chaired by the Minister of Emergency and Disaster Management, to oversee infrastructure rehabilitation in war-damaged areas. A UAE developer, Arada, has announced a mixed-use project near the city, reported at US$7 billion.
Rif Dimashq
Oil & gas: The Novaterra map reportedly shows a North Damascus development block under the June 2026 gas contract (unconfirmed).
Construction: Expansion work is reported at Adra Industrial City.
South
Daraa
Telecom: Included in the September 2026 monitoring report.
As-Suwayda and Quneitra
Oil & gas: We have not found sourced, province-specific figures to report here yet and will add them as they become available.
Telecommunications across the provinces
Reliable communications are uneven across Syria, which is why dedicated emergency networks matter. The following is publicly reported:
Uneven service.
A September 2026 monitoring report covering Damascus, Aleppo, Raqqa, Deir ez-Zor, Daraa and Latakia found weak and uneven mobile and internet service not confined to one area.
Damaged towers.
A March 2025 analysis reported that telecom towers were damaged by bombing, theft and looting, and that many were inoperative for lack of maintenance and power.
National backbone and fiber.
The Ministry of Communications has announced the Silk Link national backbone, about 4,500 km, and the BARQ Net fiber-to-the-home project.
A second mobile operator.
Zain Group was selected for the second license, with a commercial launch targeted for Q1 2027, subject to approvals, and the minister said full coverage needs about three years.
Emergency responders and energy sites cannot depend on uneven public coverage in the meantime. That is the case for dedicated, independent public safety broadband and private site networks, planned region by region.
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Sources & References
Third-party sources behind the facts on this page, as reported on the dates shown. Listing a source does not imply any affiliation. Figures differ between sources, and readers should verify current details.
- Enab Baladi: only 40% of Syria's oil and gas wells operating (July 2026)
- MEES: ConocoPhillips finalizes Syria contract (June 2026)
- SANA: plans to revive Syria's industrial cities (September 2026)
- Enab Baladi: minister says full telecom coverage needs about three years (September 2026)
- NoonPost explainer on northeast oil fields (2026)
- UNDP flash update, northeast Syria (January 2026)
- Enab Baladi: Baniyas refinery resumes full production (May 2026)
- MEED: Syria preparing to issue tenders for refinery projects
- AGBI: Syria working on oil refinery and gas exploration (November 2025)
- Offshore Magazine: Syria agrees to offshore exploration deal with Chevron and Qatar's UCC (February 2026)
- AFP via Connaissance des Énergies: Syria signs a gas contract with ConocoPhillips (June 2026)
- Enab Baladi: decree forms a committee to rehabilitate infrastructure (March 2026)
- The National: Arada mixed-use project (September 2026)
- SMEX: Syria's telecom sector between neglect and reconstruction (March 2025)
- TelecomLead: Zain wins Syria's second mobile license (2026)
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