Kurds in Syria are sharing part of the oil pumped at oil fields with the Syrian government under a recently signed deal that is working, Russian news outlet Sputnik reported on Friday, citing a well-informed source. The Kurds are pumping 50,000 bpd at the al-Rmeilan and Jabsah oil fields in Syria, and they send a third of this production to a government-operated refinery at Homs, according to Sputnik’s source. The remainder is processed on site at a local oil refinery, the source added. The current production at the al-Rmeilan oil field is around 38,000 bpd, while crude oil production at the Jabsah oil field stands at some 12,000 bpd, down from 30,000 bpd before the Syrian war started. The Syrian government is close to liberating the entire Syrian territory and taking control over all of the country’s crude oil reserves, Sputnik quoted its source as saying. Syria’s government and […]