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Initial estimates of damages resulting from the bombings carried out by the "international coalition" against oil and gas installations from 23Sep14 to 31Jul16


United Nations
Security Council

S/2016/741

Distr.: General
30 August 2016
English
Original: Arabic

Identical letters dated 25 August 2016 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

On instructions from my Government, and further to our previous letters drawing your attention to attacks by the so-called Western coalition against the infrastructure of the Syrian Arab Republic, I transmit herewith a statistical table containing:

1. Initial estimates of the costs of losses resulting from attacks launched by the so-called Western coalition against oil and gas facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic during the period from 1 April to 31 July 2016.

2. Initial estimates of the overall costs of losses resulting from attacks launched by the so-called Western coalition against oil and gas facilities in the Syrian Arab Republic from the onset of those attacks to 31 July 2016.

I should be grateful if the present letter and its annex could be issued as a document of the Security Council.

(Signed) Bashar Ja'afari
Ambassador
Permanent Representative


Annex to the identical letters dated 25 August 2016 from the Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council

Cumulative table of initial estimates of damages resulting from the bombings carried out by the air force of the so-called Western coalition against oil and gas installations from 23 September 2014 to 31 July 2016

I. Value of damages to active and other associated companies assessed recently for the period from 1 April 2016 to 31 July 2016

Company name Date Location Losses and damage sustained

Amount of losses (United States dollars)

Amount of losses (millions of Syrian pounds)
Direct losses Indirect losses (from production delays) Total (United States dollars)
Syria Petroleum Company 9 February 2016 Wahab, Safih and Fahdah plants The Wahab, Safih and Fahdah plants sustained comprehensive damage. 8,800,000 - 8,800,000 . .
Furat Petroleum Company 2016 Taym field Bombings carried out in 2015 damaged the main plant, storage tanks Nos. 807, 282, 226 and 831, electricity poles, the control and communications rooms and other materials. 2,700,000 - 2,700,000 . .
25 June 2016 Umar field The oil collection terminal in the Umar field was bombarded. According to initial reports from the site, oil storage tanks 501, 402, 401 and 400 exploded.

The electrical turbines were also brought to a halt, and returned into service the next day.

11,661,000 - 11,661,000 . .
Total losses (United States dollars and Syrian pounds) 23,161,000 - 23,161,000 . .


II. Cumulative value of damages assessed from the onset of the bombings on 23 September 2014 to 31 July 2016

Initial estimates of losses sustained at the oil and gas installations
of all companies in the Syrian Arab Republicas result of
the bombings carried out by the Western coalition, estimated
since the onset of the bombings up until 31 July 2016

Amount of losses (United States dollars)

Amount of losses
(millions of Syrian pounds)
Direct losses Indirect losses
(from production delays
or burning of oil or gas)
Total
(United States dollars)
In 2014 (United States dollars and Syrian pounds) 521,330,048 22,280,985 543,611,033 . .
In 2015 (United States dollars and Syrian pounds) 1,015,001,533 112,256,257 1,127,257,790 . .
In 2016 (United States dollars and Syrian pounds) 123,674,200 13,035 123,687,235 . .
Combined total losses (United States dollars and Syrian pounds) 1,660,005 781 134,550,277 1,794,556,058 . .
Grand total (United States dollars and Syrian pounds) 1,794,556,058


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