Syrian pipelines damaged amid spate of attacks on energy infrastructure disruptions
Two incidents disrupt pipelines
The Syrian Petroleum Company reported damage to two pipelines on Thursday, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency. One incident involved the Jbessa gas pipeline in southern Hasakah province; the other affected a line carrying oil products from Baniyas to Homs.
The Hasakah explosion occurred in the late afternoon, several hours after a leak was found in the Baniyas-Homs line. SANA said the oil leak was thought to stem from an effort to steal fuel.
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Crews respond to damage
Oday al-Satouf, who leads the company’s media office, said workers found a hole in the oil-products pipeline in the Hadida area, west of Homs. Crews shut valves on both sides, isolated the damaged section and secured the area as repairs got under way.
Al-Satouf said gas would still reach power stations through alternative arrangements, and household gas supplies were not affected, SANA reported. The company described the Jbessa pipeline incident as sabotage, but neither it nor SANA identified a person or group behind the two events.
Earlier incidents and recovery
More than a week earlier, the company reported sabotage damage to an oil pipeline near Tal Hamis in Hasakah and said authorities had arrested those responsible. In late September, a fire on a gas pipeline between al-Shoula and Deir Az Zor stopped gas from the Jbessa plant from reaching power stations.
Syria is seeking to rebuild its energy network and raise domestic oil output. The effort includes restarting Hasakah oil fields to supply refineries in Homs and Baniyas; in January, the petroleum company said it planned to move crude from recently recovered fields to those refineries.
Key points
- Two pipelines were damaged in separate incidents reported on Thursday.
- The oil-products line from Baniyas to Homs leaked fuel after a hole was found.
- The company called the Hasakah gas pipeline incident sabotage, but named no suspect.
- Officials said power-station gas deliveries and domestic supplies would continue through alternative arrangements.