Oman Oil Production Up 1.4% in November 2021

Oman’s oil production stood increased 1.4 percent compared to the same period in 2020. Asharq Al-Awsat
Oman’s oil production stood increased 1.4 percent compared to the same period in 2020. Asharq Al-Awsat
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Oman Oil Production Up 1.4% in November 2021

Oman’s oil production stood increased 1.4 percent compared to the same period in 2020. Asharq Al-Awsat
Oman’s oil production stood increased 1.4 percent compared to the same period in 2020. Asharq Al-Awsat

Oman’s oil production stood at 323,174,600 barrels in November 2021, the National Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI) said on Saturday, up 1.4 percent from the same period in 2020.

The production of crude oil reached 249,765,900 barrels compared to 256,450,400 barrels during the same period in 2020, down 2.6 percent, the NCSI added.

The average daily production of oil increased during the same period by 1.7 percent to reach 967.6 thousand barrels compared to 951.1 thousand barrels during the corresponding period in 2020, while the average price per barrel increased by 35 percent from $46.5 per barrel to $62.7 per barrel.

The statistics also showed a decline in the total oil exports by 0.5 percent by late November 2021 to reach 260,804,100 barrels, compared to 262,036,800 barrels in the same period in 2020.

According to the published statistics, China was the largest importer of Omani oil until the end of November 2021, importing about 220,229,300 barrels, down 3.2 percent compared to the same period in 2020, followed by India, which imported about 24,261,000 barrels, up 50.3 percent compared to 16,142,300 barrels during the same period in 2020.



Syria to Receive Electricity-generating Ships from Qatar, Türkiye

FILE PHOTO: A view shows electricity pylons in Kiswah, Damascus suburbs, Syria September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view shows electricity pylons in Kiswah, Damascus suburbs, Syria September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo
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Syria to Receive Electricity-generating Ships from Qatar, Türkiye

FILE PHOTO: A view shows electricity pylons in Kiswah, Damascus suburbs, Syria September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A view shows electricity pylons in Kiswah, Damascus suburbs, Syria September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar/File Photo

Syria will receive two electricity-generating ships from Türkiye and Qatar to boost energy supplies hit by damage to infrastructure during President Bashar al-Assad's rule, state news agency SANA quoted an official as saying on Tuesday.
Khaled Abu Dai, director general of the General Establishment for Electricity Transmission and Distribution, told SANA the ships would provide a total of 800 megawatts of electricity but did not say over what period.
"The extent of damage to the generation and transformation stations and electrical connection lines during the period of the former regime is very large, we are seeking to rehabilitate (them) in order to transmit energy,” Abu Dai said.
According to Reuters, he did not say when Syria would receive the two ships.
The United States on Monday issued a sanctions exemption for transactions with governing institutions in Syria for six months after the end of Assad's rule to try to increase the flow of humanitarian assistance.
The exemption allows some energy transactions and personal remittances to Syria until July 7. The action did not remove any sanctions.
Syria suffers from severe power shortages, with state-supplied electricity available just two or three hours a day in most areas. The caretaker government says it aims within two months to provide electricity up to eight hours a day.