REFILE-FACTBOX-Syria's energy sector - AlertNet
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REFILE-FACTBOX-Syria's energy sector
05 Sep 2011 11:43
Source: reuters // Reuters
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Sept 5 (Reuters) - The European Union, the biggest buyer of Syrian crude oil, banned imports of the country's oil on Saturday to put economic pressure on President Bashar al-Assad, while allowing fuel sales to Syria to continue.
The United States -- which banned oil trade with Syria in August -- the EU and other Western powers want Assad to end his violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters that the United Nations says has killed 2,000 civilians.
The impact of any disruption of Syrian oil exports on global supplies would be small compared with the loss of more than 1.3 million bpd of oil and 956 million cubic feet (mmcf) a day of gas exported by Libya until early 2011. [ read more at link ]
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