Gas, oil and mineral resources are the most important natural resources of energy in Syria, yielding significant economic gains. Gas was the most important natural resource in Syria in 2009 where many gas fields were discovered, increasing gas reserve in the country and its production in the future along with launching a number of important gas projects, Global Arab Network reported on Wednesday. Syria's gas production has reached 25million cubic meters per day. In December 2009, Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad inaugurated the South Central Area gas plant which aims at processing the natural gas extracted from the fields of Abu Rabah, Qumqum, and al-Fayyid. The productive capacity of the plant is 7, 56 million cubic meters of raw gas, producing from 6, 15 to 7, 2 million cubic meters of clean gas per day. President Al-Assad also inaugurated the first stage of the Arab Gas Pipeline project in Homs Province to serve as the main line for transporting gas among Arab companies and connecting with the European gas network in the future. The first section of the pipeline extended from the Syrian-Jordanian borders until Al-Rayyan gas station in Homs with a length of around 320 kilometers. The second section extended from Homs up to the Keles area near the Syrian-Turkish borders with a length of around 250 kilometers.
