Other Names: General Company of Homs Oil Refinery
Location: 34.8° N by 36.7° E, outside city of Homs
Phone number: +9631 47010 or +9631 51640
Fax number: +9631 516410 or +9631 516411
Website: http://www.mopmr-sy.org/homs_ref.htm
General Manager: Mr. Haitham Al Hashmi
Subordinate to: Syrian Government, Ministry of Petroleum
Size: Refines approximately 5.5 million tons of crude oil per year
Primary Function: The Homs oil refinery is believed to produce a number of dual-use chemicals for the Syrian chemical weapons program, including isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, methanol, and ethylene. These are supplied to the chemical weapons production facility adjacent to the refinery. It also produces raw sulfur as a byproduct of oil refining for subsequent processing.

Description:
The Homs oil refinery was opened in 1959 and has been in continuous operation since that date. It has been modernized and expanded a number of times, most recently in 1988. The Homs refinery treats light and heavy crude oils and improves the characteristics of the obtained primary petroleum products using reforming and sweetening processes. It also blends base oils to produce a variety of lubricating oils for the domestic market.

Key Sources: Country Analysis Briefs: Syria, US Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, <http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/syria.html>; The General Company of Homs Refinery, <http://www.mopmr-sy.org/homs_ref.htm>; "Middle East, CW Production Site," Jane's Intelligence Review 10 (April 1998), p. 25; Richard M. Bennett, "The Syrian Military: A Primer," Middle East Intelligence Bulletin (August/September 2001), <http://www.meib.org/articles/0108_s1.htm>.

	Updated November 2003