دعم المشتقات النفطية في سورية واقع و آفاق (حالة دراسية- مصفاة بانياس)

This study deals with the actual subsidy of petroleum derivatives in Syria. It casts light on this process by introducing the costs of the petroleum derivatives produced at BRC. It also shows the amount of subsidy for each and its returns. This paper examines the problems which appeared last year to do with the subsidy of petroleum derivatives, especially smuggling them into neighboring countries, given the huge levels of increase in crude oil prices. This study also tries to link the subsidy of petroleum derivatives to the country's budget, taking the following into consideration: A decrease of Syrian crude oil production and the huge increase of its prices offsetting the present decrease, and an increase of fuel oil consumption has meant the Syrian government incurring huge losses over the last two years. Finally, this paper also tries to provide solutions to this problem by way of regulating the subsidy process and identifying beneficiaries, and of re-structuring the petroleum industry sector in order to compensate the decrease of crude oil returns.