Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project (ICOEEP)

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Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project (ICOEEP) is an operating and under construction pipelines running and proposed to run from Al-Fao Peninsula in Basra to Al Fao Terminal in Persian Gulf of Iraq .

Location

The pipelines is running and proposed to run from Al-Fao Peninsula in Basra to Al Fao Terminal in Persian Gulf of Iraq.

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Project details

Pipeline 1 "Phase I"

• Operator: South Oil Company (SOC)
• Owner: Iraqi Ministry of Oil
• Parent company: Iraqi Ministry of Oil
• Capacity: 900000 bpd
• Length: 51 km
• Diameter: 48 in
• Status: Operation
• Start year: 2012
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure:

Pipeline 2 "Phase I"

• Operator: South Oil Company (SOC)
• Owner: Iraqi Ministry of Oil
• Parent company: Iraqi Ministry of Oil
• Capacity: 900000 bpd
• Length: 51 km
• Diameter: 48 in
• Status: Operation
• Start year: 2012
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure:

Pipeline 3 "Phase III"

• Operator: South Oil Company (SOC)
• Owner: Iraqi Ministry of Oil
• Parent company: Iraqi Ministry of Oil
• Capacity:
• Length: 75km
• Diameter: 48 in
• Status: Construction
• Start year:
• Cost:
• Financing:
• Associated infrastructure:

Background

Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project (ICOEEP) is a 247km-long pipeline master planned by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil (MoO). The new pipeline will increase the country’s Basra crude oil export capacity. It will be located in the Persian Gulf of Iraq.

The ICOEEP was conceptualized in 2007 when the Iraqi Ministry of Oil decided to increase Iraq’s export capacity of the existing offshore facilities from 1.8 million metric barrels per day (MMBPD) to 4.5MMBPD within five years.

Construction of the first phase of the project began in February 2011. It was completed and the first oil cargo was loaded onto the tanker Maersk Hirado in April 2012.

The offshore works will be carried out in the third and fourth quarters of 2013. Two single-point mooring systems (SPMs) will be installed by the end of 2012.

Development phases of the Iraq crude oil export pipeline expansion

The project is being developed in three phases. The $733m first phase included installation and commissioning of two 48in diameter pipelines (around 8km onshore and 43km offshore), an onshore facility at Fao terminal, 120km offshore terminal, SCADA systems and two SPMs. Two more SPMs are also installed but will start functioning once phase two is built. The crude tankers will be connected to the SPM buoys for off-taking the oil.

The $500m phase two will include fabrication and installation of a central metering and manifold platform (CMMP), located near the existing pipelines of the Al Başrah Oil Terminal (ABOT).

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has financed $518m for the phase three offshore infrastructure expansion. Phase three will be known as the JICA Sealine Project. The 75km-long, upcoming Iraq Crude Oil Export Expansion Project (Phase III) will be operated by Basra Oil. This shallow water, oil pipeline, with a maximum diameter of 48 inches, will start in Persian Gulf (Iraq) and ends in Al-Basrah (Iraq).