Basra–North Baghdad–Syria Oil Pipeline

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Basra–North Baghdad–Syria Oil Pipeline was a proposed oil pipeline was proposed to run from Basra in Iraq to Tartus in Syria. As of 2016 it is considered cancelled.

Location

The pipeline was proposed to run from Basra in Iraq to Mediterranean port of Tartus in Syria.

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Project details

Phase I (Basra–Haditha Pipeline)

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• Operator:

• Owner: Iraqi Ministry of Oil

• Parent company: Iraqi Ministry of Oil

• Capacity: 2.25 million bpd

• Length:

• Diameter:

• Status: Cancelled

• Start year:

• Cost:

• Financing:

• Associated infrastructure:

Phase II (Haditha-Tartus Pipeline)

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• Operator:

• Owner: Iraqi Ministry of Oil

• Parent company: Iraqi Ministry of Oil

• Capacity: 2.25 million bpd

• Length:

• Diameter:

• Status: Cancelled

• Start year:

• Cost:

• Financing:

• Associated infrastructure:

Background

In 2011 Iraq announced a plan to develop $10bn worth of Basra–North Baghdad–Syria Oil Pipeline to get its crude oil to the international market.

The original Oil Ministry plan, revealed in April 2011, called for the construction of a 1.75 million bpd pipeline from Basra in the south of Iraq to Haditha in the western Anbar governorate, about 240 km northwest of Baghdad. The pipeline would then split, with one line going westward to the Syrian border and the other joining the existing northern export pipeline from Kirkuk to Ceyhan in Türkiye.

A number of changes to the proposed route were made since 2011. The proposed capacity of the pipeline was increased to 2.25 million bpd, but more importantly, the link to the Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline has been dropped. All the crude will be exported through Syria from the Mediterranean port of Tartus.

There has been no evidence for further development of the pipeline since 2012, and as of 2016 it is considered cancelled.