mass media with reference to the Ministry of Energy reported that, that Russian experts have begun to explore the Syrian Mediterranean shelf and individual land SAR areas for future production of hydrocarbons. RIA Novosti leads statements by the Department of Energy:
Carried out exploration on land and offshore.
In addition, Russian companies intend to rebuild the electricity generation capacity in Syria. In particular, we are talking about a major program of rehabilitation and modernization of thermal power plants.
celebrated, in joint projects with the Syrian partners are ready to participate, several companies from Russia. This "Zarubezhneft", "Zarubezhgeologiya", "Tekhnopromexport" and a number of other.
It is also planned to carry out repair and reconstruction of infrastructure gas fields in Syria, to modernize plants in the gas industry.
The first agreement on cooperation in the field of energy Russian and Syrian companies were achieved in March this year. There is currently no accurate information about, how much money is going to invest in a program of Russian business and what financial impact it counts.
Recall, that a large part of the territory of Syria is in most of these ruins. For a long time, gas and oil fields under the control of terrorist groups, which is engaged in mining and selling resources on the world market. Russia has repeatedly called on the West to block the account structures, who trade with terrorists. However, the Western "partners" such calls are not responded to RF, which gives an additional reason to think about, and whether the West is eager to finally eliminate hotbeds of terrorism in the SAR?