Jordan resumes daily gas flows of 2M cubic meters to Syria

• Energy minister says some areas receive uninterrupted electricity for 24 hours for 1st time in years

Jordan resumed natural gas shipments to Syria at a rate of 70 million cubic feet per day, or around 2 million cubic meters, Jordan’s National Electric Power Company said Wednesday.

Sufyan al-Batayneh, the company’s director general, told Jordanian state television Al-Mamlaka that gas flows resumed under an agreement between the two countries.

“We have resumed natural gas shipments to Syria at a rate of 70 million cubic feet per day,” said Batayneh.

The Syrian Energy Ministry said the resumption of gas supplies via Jordan had directly improved energy availability, with uninterrupted 24-hour electricity now being provided in some areas.

Energy Minister Mohammed al-Bashir wrote on the US social media platform X that electricity supply had seen a noticeable improvement across the country following the resumption of gas flows and the continuation of maintenance work.

Bashir said some areas were receiving uninterrupted electricity for 24 hours for the first time in many years, adding that the improvement had contributed to the stability of the power grid alongside balanced energy consumption.

He said the improvement had not yet extended to all regions, noting that repairs were still ongoing on substations and transmission lines, particularly in eastern and southern provinces.

Official sources in Jordan and Syria did not say when the gas flows were interrupted, but available data suggest that supplies may have faced disruptions or technical fluctuations in the first half of April due to maintenance work.

The supply process is handled through infrastructure at Jordan’s southern port of Aqaba. Liquefied natural gas delivered to the port from global markets is regasified at a floating storage and regasification unit before being transported through the Arab Gas Pipeline to power generation facilities in Syria.

*Writing by Mucahithan Avcioglu in Istanbul