Kirkuk-Banias pipeline

Kirkuk-Banias pipeline is a crude oil pipeline from the Kirkuk oil filed in Iraq to the Syrian port of Banias. The pipeline is around convert|800|km|mi|-1 long and the capacity is convert|300|koilbbl/d|m3/d.cite web | publisher= Reuters | url= http://uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKL1727005820071217 | title = Iraq picks Russia firm to fix Syria pipeline | date = 2007-12-17 | accessdate=2008-01-14] The pipeline was opened on 23 April 1952. During the 2003 invasion of Iraq the pipeline was damaged by U.S. airstrikes and was out of operation since then.cite web | publisher= Lebanonwire | url= http://www.lebanonwire.com/0712MLN/07121319STR.asp | title = Iran, Syria: Pipeline Repairs and Diplomatic Deals | date = 2007-12-13 | accessdate=2008-01-14]

On 17 December 2007, Syria and Iraq greed to rehabilitate the pipeline. The pipeline will be reconstructed by Stroytransgaz, a subsidiary of Gazprom.cite web
publisher= Upstream Online
url= http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article151163.ece
title = Russian firm seals Iraq pipe deal
date = 2008-03-26
accessdate=2008-04-05]

ee also

*Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline

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