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Governorate profile

Deir ez-Zor

A reference profile for Deir ez-Zor Governorate covering electricity, oil and gas, renewable energy, service infrastructure and environmental risks. The current baseline includes Al-Taym Power Plant at 102 MW nominal capacity, kept separate from the governorate's available electricity supply capacity, which rose to 115 MW in August 2026 following the Al-Taym substation expansion. Oil and gas assets remain under rehabilitation, while two of five gas wells at Conoco were restarted on 1 September 2026 with production capacity of up to 1.5 million m³/day.

Population1,400,00030 Apr 2026
Area33,060 km²Official administrative area
Documented power plants1Facility records
Reference data

Key indicators

Geographic area

33,060 km²

Boundary basisOfficial administrative area
Reference date8 Sept 2026
Reference date8 Sept 2026
Data qualityHigh confidence
JICA project report — governorate statistics (R1: National Statistics)
Methodological note

Administrative governorate area. The reference date records the profile validation date; the source compiles older Syrian national statistics, while the administrative area figure is stable. Recalculate separately if the map uses a different GIS boundary geometry.

Population

1,400,000

Estimate typeUN estimate
CoverageIncluding displaced persons
Reference date30 Apr 2026
Data qualityHigh confidence
Source date18 May 2026
IOM DTM — Population Mobility and Baseline Assessment, Round 15 (April 2026)
Methodological note

Approximate population estimate, not a census count. The April 2026 IOM assessment is cited by EUAA as approximately 1.4 million people in Deir ez-Zor, including around 28,000 IDPs.

Conventional assets

Power-generation stations

Gas turbine

Al-Taym Power Plant

Unknown
Nominal capacity102 MW
Reference date8 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Syrian Renewables — Power plant in Syria.xlsx reference dataset
Methodological note

The 102 MW figure is retained as nominal/reference capacity from the imported workbook. SANA reported on 29 August 2025 that the facility entered service in 1990, consists of three gas/diesel units, and is maintained for emergency backup; this supersedes the workbook's 1999 service/build-year entry for editorial use. Current available and operational generation capacity remain unverified.

Service indicator

Daily electricity supply

Economic structure

Economic profile

Primary sectorAgricultural
Oil and gasCommercialServices and administrationTransport and logistics

Livelihoods in Deir ez-Zor are strongly linked to agriculture, particularly irrigated agriculture along the Euphrates, alongside the strategic importance of oil and gas and related services. The 2026 REACH assessment found early signs of recovery in agricultural production and basic services, although progress remains uneven because of infrastructure damage, limited employment opportunities and UXO risks.

Reference date3 Jun 2026
Data qualityHigh confidence
REACH Syria — Northeast Syria Needs Update (August 2026)
Methodological note

Qualitative sector classification, not sectoral GDP shares. Agriculture is selected as the primary sector because Deir ez-Zor households placed comparatively strong emphasis on support for agricultural activities in the REACH assessment; oil and gas is retained as a strategic secondary sector.

Hydrocarbon assets

Oil and gas fields

Context and analysis

Regional profile

Profile scope

This profile covers assets and indicators within the administrative boundaries of Deir ez-Zor Governorate, with a reference area of 33,060 km². IOM estimated the governorate's population at approximately 1.4 million in April 2026. Governorate data are kept separate from national indicators and from data belonging to other governorates, with the date and source of each figure documented.

Electricity and service infrastructure

The current baseline includes Al-Taym Power Plant at a reference nominal capacity of 102 MW; this figure is not treated as current available or operating capacity without updated technical verification. On 17 August 2026, a second 125 MVA transformer entered service at Al-Taym substation, raising available electricity supply capacity to the governorate to 115 MW; SANA reported that service hours exceeded 12 hours. Before this upgrade, the REACH assessment conducted from 10 May to 3 June 2026 found a governorate-wide median of 6 electricity hours per day, ranging from 4 hours in Muhasan to 24 hours in Thiban.

Oil and gas

Deir ez-Zor contains strategic oil and gas assets that require an up-to-date field-, well- and facility-level registry. On 1 September 2026, the Syrian Petroleum Company announced the restart of two of five gas wells at the Conoco field east of Deir ez-Zor, with production capacity of up to 1.5 million m³/day. Rehabilitation and assessment continue across other assets; no production figure or governorate-wide field count is treated as definitive without a complete official source.

Pollution and operational risks

The governorate faces both oil-sector environmental risks and conflict-remnant hazards. REACH found that 19% of households in Deir ez-Zor reported areas suspected of UXO contamination, the highest rate among the assessed northeast governorates, reaching 48% in Muhasan. Impacts were concentrated particularly on agricultural land and livelihoods. Oil spills, flaring, produced water and naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) should be recorded through geolocated, dated incident data rather than combined into a single estimate.

Rehabilitation and data priorities

Priorities are to build a unified geospatial registry of fields, wells, processing centres, pipelines, generation plants, substations and renewable-energy facilities, recording status, owner, operator and verification date. Priorities also include grid and service rehabilitation, agricultural recovery, UXO risk reduction and an environmental baseline. Nominal, available and operational capacity, actual generation and planned capacity must remain clearly separated in all records.

Major generation assets

The conventional reference asset currently recorded is Al-Taym Power Plant at 102 MW nominal capacity, while its current operating capacity remains unverified. Separately, the foundation stone for the new Deir ez-Zor gas-fired power plant at the Al-Taym field was laid on 2 December 2025, with 1,000 MW of planned capacity under the UCC programme. This is future capacity and is not included in current installed, available or operating capacity.

Data transparency

General sources

The Syrian oil sector's year zero

Le Monde · 22 Feb 2026 · Medium confidence

Source note

Provides field-level qualitative reporting on damage, staffing, rehabilitation, and environmental concerns. Numerical claims require operator verification.

Power plant in Syria.xlsx — imported reference dataset

Syrian Renewables · 5 Sept 2026 · Medium confidence

Source note

Transcribed without changing the tabular capacity value from the user-provided workbook. Capacity is treated as nominal/reference only; current operating status requires separate verification.

REACH Syria — Northeast Syria Needs Update (August 2026)

REACH / IMPACT Initiatives · High confidence

Source note

Data were collected 10 May–3 June 2026. Supports the electricity median/range, UXO reporting and recovery/livelihood context. Electricity values are medians, not arithmetic averages.