Baniyas Refinery
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 Aerial view of Baniyas | |
  Location of Baniyas Refinery within Syria | |
| Country | Syria |
|---|---|
| Province | Tartus |
| City | Baniyas |
| Coordinates | 35°13′1″N 35°57′34″E / 35.21694°N 35.95944°E |
| Refinery details | |
| Owner | Baniyas Oil Company |
| Capacity | 125,000 bbl/d (19,900 m3/d) |
| Refining units | 4 |
| Website | brc |
The Baniyas Refinery (Arabic: مصفاة بانياس, romanized: Miṣfāh Bāniyās) is an oil refinery located north of Baniyas, Syria. It is the largest oil refinery in Syria.[1] It is owned by the Baniyas Oil Company, which is managed by the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources.[2] Of its four refining units, two process light crude, originally configured for Euphrates Valley crude, and two process heavy crude, originally configured for Suwayda crude.[3][4] Pipelines connect the refinery to oil fields in Deir ez-Zor and Al-Hasakah.[5] The refinery houses a thermal power station[6] that runs on fuel oil and has an installed capacity of 30 MW.[3]
During the Syrian civil war, the refinery processed up to 125,000 barrels per day imported from Iran by oil tankers,[5][3] which docked at Baniyas oil terminal.[7] Following the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, it was forced to temporarily halt operations due to the cessation of Iranian imports.[1] In September 2025, the refinery received deliveries of imported equipment as part of a modernisation project.[8]
Several incidents have occurred at the facility. In 2019, an explosion during site maintenance killed a worker.[9] In August 2021, a fuel leak from the refinery power plant caused an oil spill along the Syrian coast.[6]
