Iran–Iraq–Syria pipeline

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Iran-Iraq-Syria Pipeline is a proposed natural gas pipeline in Iran. There have been no development updates since 2013 and the project is presumed to be shelved.

Location

The Iran–Iraq–Syria pipeline runs from the Iranian South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field towards Europe via Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon to supply European customers as well as Iraq, Syria and Lebanon.

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Project Details

• Operator: National Iranian Gas Company
• Proposed capacity: 3,884.60 million cubic feet per day
• Length: 5600 km / 3480 miles
• Status: Shelved
• Start Year: Unknown

Background

The Iran–Iraq–Syria pipeline (called the Friendship Pipeline by the governments involved and the Islamic gas pipeline by some Western sources) is a proposed natural gas pipeline running from the Iranian South Pars/North Dome Gas-Condensate field towards Europe via Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon to supply European customers as well as Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. The pipeline was planned to be 5,600 km (3,500 mi) long and have a diameter of 142 centimetres (56 in). A previous proposal, known as the Persian Pipeline, had seen a route from Iran's South Pars to Europe via Turkey; it was apparently abandoned after the Swiss energy company Elektrizitätsgesellschaft Laufenburg halted its contract with Iran in October 2010 in the face of pressure over U.S. sanctions against Iran.

Iraq signed an agreement with Iran in June 2013 to receive natural gas to fuel Iraqi power plants in Baghdad and Diyala. The contract covers 1.4 Bcf/d over 10 years. Iran's plans to export 176 MMscf/d of gas to Iraq by 2015.

In July 2011 Iran, Iraq and Syria said they planned to sign a contract potentially worth around $6bn to construct a pipeline running from South Pars towards Europe, via these countries and Lebanon and then under the Mediterranean to a European country, with a refinery and related infrastructure in Damascus. In November 2012 the United States dismissed reports that construction had begun on the pipeline, saying that this had been claimed repeatedly and that "it never seems to materialize." A framework agreement was to be signed in early 2013, with costs estimated at $10bn; however, construction plans were delayed by the Syrian Civil War.

There have been no development updates since 2013 and the project is presumed to be shelved. In February 2021, Syrian Electricity Minister, Ghassan al-Zamil, said the pipeline project was delayed due to war but as the situation is getting better, it could be revived.

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