Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline
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The Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline is a currently defunct crude oil pipeline from the Kirkuk oil field in Iraq to the Syrian port of Baniyas. The pipeline went into operation in April 1952 and was formally opened in November.
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Kirkuk–Baniyas pipeline | |
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Location | |
Country | Iraq Syria |
General direction | east-west |
From | Kirkuk oil field |
To | Baniyas |
General information | |
Type | crude oil |
Contractors | Bechtel |
Construction started | November 1950 |
Commissioned | November 1952 |
Technical information | |
Length | 891 km (554 mi) |
Maximum discharge | 0.3 million barrels per day (~1.5×10 |
Diameter | 30 in (762 mm) |
No. of pumping stations | 4 |
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The new line looped the Tripoli branch of the 12-inch Kirkuk–Haifa oil pipeline and its 16-inch loop line. Four of the old pumping stations were extended and reused: K-1, K-3, T-2 and T-4.[1]
This was the second "Big-Inch" oil pipeline in the Middle East after the 1080 mile Trans-Arabian Pipeline which had just been finished in late 1950.