Syrien transportiert seit April 2,1 Millionen Tonnen irakischen Treibstoffs auf der Straße nach Europa
https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/energy/2026/07/28/syria-has-moved-21m-tonnes-of-iraqi-fuel-to-europe-by-road-since-april/
Syrien transportiert seit April 2,1 Millionen Tonnen irakischen Treibstoffs auf der Straße nach Europa
https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/energy/2026/07/28/syria-has-moved-21m-tonnes-of-iraqi-fuel-to-europe-by-road-since-april/
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The number of lorries transporting oil through Syria from Iraq has risen from 10 per day to 10,000, since April. Following reports of long convoys seen going over land, The National’s Ahmad Fallaha, who is based in Syria, spoke to Ahmed Qubbaji, deputy chief executive of the Syrian Petroleum Company for Transport and Supply. He said the road deliveries mean the overland route is now used to transport the fourth-largest consignment of Iraqi fuel oil and petroleum exports in the Middle East and said discussions were underway to double the current volume. Syria is fast becoming a critical node in the energy link between Iraq and its northern export lifelines, as Baghdad hunts for alternative routes to markets following Iran’s blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
and how much it take to prevent oil market in Europe from collapse into skyrocket pricing
Also isn’t oil by road unreliable like risk of traffic and some of ambush or sabotage?
That’s around 6-7 VLCCs worth in a 3 month period, normally they ship around 142 VLCCs worth of crude in 3 months before the conflict.
For anyone wondering, this is roughly the equivalent of 1 day of pre-war SOH oil traffic. Alternate routes like this are definitely significant enough to dampen the effects of the blockades, although nowhere near enough to replace the SOH.
In a long term blockade scenario you could expand the infrastructure to replace a greater share of that flow. Trucking is more expensive than shipping, but it’s probably the better option than pipelines. You can take out a pipeline easily – not as easy to do that with a constant fleet of different trucks.
Wild how Syria’s gone from pariah to critical energy corridor in a few months. Geopolitics shifts fast when someone’s willing to pay for the route.
It is useful to not see this as THE alternative to Hormuz, but as one of several alternatives.
In addition there are continuing efforts to maximize the capacity of the pipelines in KSA and the UAE, as well as some new inititives further down the road.