Natural gas from Azerbaijan entered the Syrian province of the Homs through the Turkish-Syria pipeline.
Natural gas transported through the Turkish gas pipeline, delivered to the Cender gas station in the province of Homs, located in the center of the country. Nasıriyye and Teşrin power plants located near the capital of Damascus.
valves Gas power plants were opened with the participation of the Deputy Minister of Energy of Syria Gaias Diyab and Governor Homs Abdurrahman El-Ama.
Dyayab, in his statement for the media, noted that natural gas from Azerbaijan has been entered through Turkey for the Cender gas station. 3.4 million cubic meters of gas per day, 1.4 million cubic meters of gas per day are currently transported, which allows 250 megavatts of electricity.
deputy minister He emphasized that this stream arriving through Turkey is a strategic step from the point of view of connecting the Arab gas pipeline to the Turkish Republic, due to which Syria will be integrated with regional countries through an electric network, which will strengthen stability in the country.
Diyab added that with the supply of gas to all thermal power plants the current power supply in the country will increase to 5 hours in 5 hours in the country day, and at the next stage, according to the new agreement providing for the supply of 6 million cubic meters of gas per day, it is planned to ensure the power supply of households up to 8 hours a day.
first The supply of natural gas from Turkey to Syria began on August 2, when Azerbaijani gas was passed through Turkey and Syria on a gas pipeline from Kilis.