Governorate profile
Tartus
A reference profile for Tartus Governorate focused on electricity, Baniyas refinery and port, petroleum transport and storage, energy for coastal services, and environmental risks. The current baseline includes Baniyas Thermal Power Plant and its expansion. Listed capacities are nominal/reference capacities, not current operating capacity.
Conventional assets
Power-generation stations
Steam turbine / fuel oil
UnknownBanias Thermal Power Plant
Banias
Nominal capacity670 MW
Reference date5 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Methodological note
Workbook row: Conventional / Steam / Oil (Steam); build year 1987. Capacity is nominal/reference only.
Gas turbine
UnknownBanias Expansion
Banias
Nominal capacity270 MW
Reference date5 Sept 2026
Data qualityMedium confidence
Source date5 Sept 2026
Methodological note
Workbook row: Conventional / Gas / Gas, 270 MW; build year is blank. Capacity is nominal/reference only.
Context and analysis
Regional profile
Profile scope
The profile covers Tartus Governorate including Baniyas and separates it from facilities in Latakia Governorate. Commercial port operations, petroleum infrastructure, the naval base, and proposed or disputed projects must be distinguished.
Electricity and the grid
Reuters reported in April 2025 that electricity was progressively restored in Tartus following a nationwide failure. This does not establish supply hours, available capacity, or each plant's condition and is not converted into a local indicator.
Baniyas, refining, and petroleum transport
Reporting in 2026 shows Baniyas as important for storage, maritime handling, and regional transit of petroleum products, while describing changing arrangements and infrastructure under development. Port and storage activity must be separated from refinery operation, and transit flows are not local production or refining.
Coastal environmental risks
The register should cover spills and incidents during unloading, transport, storage, and refining, identifying location, quantity, material, and response. Separate events are not aggregated into an annual figure without a consistent method.
Data and action priorities
Priorities are separate databases for the port, refinery, power station, tanks, and pipelines; documentation of operating status, flows, and ownership; and an environmental and logistics-energy register. Proposed or officially denied projects must be clearly labelled.
Major generation assets
The current Tartus reference baseline includes Baniyas Thermal Power Plant at 670 MW nominal capacity (1987) and the Baniyas Expansion at 270 MW nominal capacity, with no build year provided in the workbook. These are nominal/reference values and do not represent current operating capacity.
Data transparency
General sources
Reuters · 19 Jun 2026 · High confidence
Source note
Supports current Baniyas transport, storage, and infrastructure context. Transit volumes are not treated as refinery throughput or local production.
Reuters · 9 Jul 2026 · Medium confidence
Source note
Documents a proposed logistics arrangement and an official Syrian denial. The profile records the dispute and does not present the hub as operational.
Reuters · 1 Apr 2025 · High confidence
Source note
Supports national grid-failure context and reported restoration in Tartus, not a local operating series.
Syrian Renewables · 5 Sept 2026 · Medium confidence
Source note
Transcribed without changing the tabular values from the user-provided workbook. Capacities are treated as nominal/reference values; current operating status requires separate verification.