Buzurgan-Fao Oil Pipeline

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Buzurgan-Fao Oil Pipeline, خط أنابيب نفط بزركان - حلفاية فاو , is an operating oil pipeline, running from Buzurgan oilfield to Halfaya and onward to the tanks reservoir at al-Fao terminal, Iraq.

Location

The pipeline runs from Buzurgan oilfield, Maysan governorate, to Fao terminal, Basra governorate, Iraq.

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Background

The Buzurgan-Fao oil pipeline was completed in 2014, replacing the 28-inch, 261-kilometre-long pipeline running from Buzurgan to Al-Fao. which did not have the capacity to handle the planned production increases in the province by 2017. Buzurgan-Fao Oil Pipeline has a capacity of 1 million barrels per day, and was built by China National Petroleum Corporation. In October 2020 ownership of the pipeline was transferred from CNPC to PipeChina.

Project details

• Operator: Missan Oil Company, China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering
• Owner: South Oil Company(SOC) known as Basra Oil Company(BOC), China National Petroleum Corporation
• Parent Company: China National Petroleum Corporation, South Oil Company (SOC)
• Diameter: 42 inches
• Capacity: 1,000,000 barrels per day
• Length: 272 kilometers
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2014
• Cost: $500 million
• Financing:
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