Syria and Jordan have signed an agreement to supply natural gas to Syria through Jordanian territory, in a move aimed at strengthening Syria’s fragile electricity grid, officials said to Reuters.

The agreement, signed at Syria’s Ministry of Energy in Damascus, brings together the Syrian Petroleum Company and Jordan’s National Electric Power Company. Under the deal, Syria will receive around 4 million cubic meters (mmcm/d) of natural gas per day, equivalent to approximately 140 million cubic feet (mmcf), to support power generation.

The latest agreement builds on a broader regional energy arrangement signed in 2025 to transport gas to Syria via Jordan. The initiative is being financed by Qatar as part of efforts to alleviate Syria’s severe electricity shortages following years of conflict and damage to energy infrastructure.

Jordan’s Energy Minister Saleh al-Kharabsheh said gas deliveries began on January 1, with current daily volumes ranging between 30 and 90 mmcf, according to Syrian state media.

Syria’s Energy Minister, Mohamed Al-Bashir, said the deal would help the country diversify its energy supply sources and improve electricity availability across the country.

Gas supplies are currently being delivered through the Energos Force floating storage and regasification vessel, leased from Egypt and docked at Jordan’s Red Sea port of Aqaba until the end of March.

Al-Kharabsheh added that Jordan’s National Electric Power Company has begun procedures to lease a new floating storage and regasification unit to replace the existing vessel, ensuring uninterrupted gas supplies beyond March.