Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources
وزارة النفط والمحميات المعدنية
Agency overview
Formed1966
JurisdictionGovernment of Syria
HeadquartersDamascus
Minister responsible
  • Firas Hassan Kaddour
Websitemompr.gov.sy

The Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources is a department of the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic. It is led by the Minister of Oil.[1]

History

In 2020, United States sanctions were placed on the ministry.[2]

Responsibilities

Identified the functions and competencies of the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral recourses under Legislative Decree No. 121 of 1970 and Act No. 45 6/30/2001 so as to become its terms of reference are the following:

1.Supervision of the institutions and enterprises of the ministry.

2.The supervision of the Prospecting production and investment efficiently managed if productivity was oil and mineral resources.

3.The policy of all aspects of the activity on the oil, gas and mineral resources.

4.Supervision of the implementation of development projects and the activity related with both oil and mineral resources.

5.Adoption of the development plans of institutions and companies of the ministry, that continued their implementation.

6.Prepare studies and plans which the process of development required and modernization of the ministry and with a view to keeping pace with The developments oil industry and mineral resources in the world.

7.Coordination among the institutions, and enterprises of the ministry, and work to resolve all differences.

8.Working to secure funding for its projects productivity and investment cooperation with the concerned authorities.[3]

Institutions and companies affiliated with the Ministry

  • General Oil Corporation
  • Syrian Gas Company
  • Syrian Company for Oil Transport
  • Al Furat Oil Company
  • Deir Ezzor Oil Company
  • Kawkab Oil Company
  • Hayyan Oil Company
  • Ebla Oil Company
  • Degla Oil Company
  • Al-Rasheed Oil Company
  • General Corporation for Oil Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Derivatives
  • State Company for Homs Refinery
  • State Company for Baniyas Refinery
  • General Corporation of Geology and Mineral Resources
  • The General Company for Phosphates and Mines
  • National Seismic Center
  • Institute of Petroleum and Mineral Professions

Ministers of Oil

Minister Government Term
Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources
Mustafa Haddad Hafez al-Assad Government
First Abdul Rahman Khleifawi Government		 1970 to 1972
Fayez Al-Nasser Mahmoud al-Ayyubi Government 1972 to 1973
Al-Kafri's reparation Mahmoud al-Ayyubi Government 1973 to 1974
Adnan Mustafa Mahmoud al-Ayyubi Government
Second Abdul Rahman Khleifawi Government		 1974 to 1976
Issa Darwish Second Abdul Rahman Khleifawi Government
Muhammad Ali al-Halabi Government		 1976 to 1980
Abdul-Jabbar Al-Dahhak Abdul Rauf al-Kasm Government 1980 to 1984
Ghazi Al-Droubi Abdul Rauf al-Kasm Government 1984 to 1987
Matanios Habib Mahmoud Zuabi Government 1987 to 1992
Nader Nabulsi Mahmoud Zuabi Government 1992 to 1996
Maher Jamal Mahmoud Zouabi Government
First Mustafa Mero Government		 1996 to 2001
Ibrahim Haddad Second Mustafa Mero government
Muhammad Naji al-Otari government		 2001 to 2006
Sufian Allaw Muhammad Naji al-Otari government
Adel Safar government		 2006 to 2012
Said Heneidy Riyad Hijab government
First Wael al-Halqi government		 2012 to 2013
Suleiman al-Abbas First Wael al-Halqi government
Second Wael al-Halqi government		 2013 to 2016
Ali Suleiman Ghanem Imad Khamis government 2016 to 2020
Bassam Tohme First Hussein Arnous government
Second Hussein Arnous government		 2020 to 2023
Firas Hassan Kaddour Second Hussein Arnous government 2023 to present

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Syrian Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources Company News". www.rigzone.com. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  2. ↑ "Syria's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources". Arab News. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  3. ↑ "Ministry's Strategy".
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