Kirkuk-Baniyas Oil Pipelines

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Kirkuk-Baniyas Oil Pipelines, خطوط نفط كركوك - بانياس, خط النفط العراقي - السوري are a series of proposed and mothballed oil pipelines, running from Kirkuk oil field in Iraq and to Baniyas terminal on the Mediterranean in Syria.[1][2]

Location

The pipelines run and proposed to run from the Kirkuk oil fields in Iraq to the Baniyas terminal, Syria.

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Project Details

Main Pipeline

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  • Operator: British Petroleum (BP)[3]
  • Owner: Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC)[4][5]
  • Parent Company: Iraq Ministry of Oil
  • Capacity: 300,000 barrels per day
  • Length: 800 kilometers[6]
  • Diameter: 32-30 inches [4]
  • Status: mothballed
  • Start Year: 1952
  • Cost:
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Rehabilitation Pipeline

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  • Operator: Stroytransgaz [3]
  • Owner:
  • Parent Company: Iraq Ministry of Oil [3]
  • Capacity: 300,000 barrels per day [3]
  • Length: 800 kilometers[6] [3]
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  • Status: Proposed[7]
  • Start Year:
  • Cost: $8 Billion[3]
  • Financing:
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Heavy Oil Pipeline

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  • Operator:
  • Owner:
  • Parent Company: Iraq Ministry of Oil [3]
  • Capacity: 1500000 barrels per day [3]
  • Length: 800 kilometers[6] [3]
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  • Status: Proposed
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Light Oil Pipeline

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  • Operator:
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  • Parent Company: Iraq Ministry of Oil [3]
  • Capacity: 1250000 barrels per day [3]
  • Length: 800 kilometers[6] [3]
  • Diameter:
  • Status: Proposed
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History

The existing Kirkuk-Baniyas oil pipeline was built in 1952 and operated at a capacity of approximately 300,000 bpd.[8] The 800 kilometer pipeline was shut down in 1982 due to political issues between Iraq's and Syria's Ba'ath parties and only reopened briefly in 2000 to bypass UN sanctions.[6] However, after the invasion of 2003, the aging pipeline was severely damaged and has remained inoperable since.[9]

Background

In 2007, Syria and Iraq agreed to rehabilitate the decrepit and war-damaged pipeline. In 2009, a delegation from various Russian companies came together to partner with both countries to either rehabilitate or replace the oil pipeline.[10] In 2010, a decision was made to replace the pipeline system rather than rehabilitate due to the high costs of the proposed rehabilitation project. In 2011, Iraq was seeking to bring in foreign investors to finance the project.[11]

Articles and resources

References

  1. Kirkuk-Baniyas Oil Pipeline, Wikipedia, accessed September 2017
  2. "Completion of the Kirkuk-Baniyas pipeline".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 "مساعٍ روسية لإحياء مشروع خط النفط كركوك - بانياس على الساحل السوري". تلفزيون سوريا (in العربية). Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "The Kirkuk - Banias Pipeline". The Australian Pipeliner. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  5. "The Nationalization of the Iraqi Petroleum Company".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Russia and the Geopolitics of the Kirkuk-Baniyas Pipeline". The Geopolitics. 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  7. "روسيا تضغط لإحياء مشروع أنبوب النفط العراقي إلى سوريا". سكاي نيوز عربية (in العربية). Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  8. Oil and Gas Industry: What happened on April 23, Oges, accessed September 2017
  9. Kirkuk-Banias Pipeline, Project Gutenberg, accessed September 2017
  10. Ibrahim Khalil, Maliki, Russians discuss Kirkuk-Baniyas pipeline repair, Iraqi News, May 14, 2009
  11. Syria/Iraq Pipeline Tenders to be Issued Soon, Iraq-Business News, January 25, 2011

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