SAEDNEWS: Syria exported 600,000 barrels of heavy crude oil on Monday from the port of Tartus as part of a deal with a trading firm, the first known official export of Syrian oil in 14 years.
Syria exported 380,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd) in 2010, according to Reuters.
Riyad al-Joubasi, assistant director for oil and gas at Syria's energy ministry, told Reuters the heavy crude oil had been sold to B Serve Energy.
Syria's energy ministry said in a written statement that the oil was exported on the Nissos Christiana tanker.
Joubasi said it had been extracted from several Syrian fields but did not say which ones.
