Educational illustration of engineers reviewing plans for an oil pipeline between Kirkuk and the Mediterranean port of Baniyas.

سُورِيَا وَالْعِرَاقُ تَتَّفِقَانِ عَلَى إِعَادَةِ تَأْهِيلِ خَطِّ نَفْطِ كَرْكُوكَ–بَانِيَاسَ

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وَقَّعَتْ شَرِكَةُ النَّفْطِ السُّورِيَّةُ وَشَرِكَةُ نَفْطِ الْبَصْرَةِ الْعِرَاقِيَّةُ، يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ السَّابِعَ عَشَرَ مِنْ يُولِيُو، مُذَكِّرَةَ تَفَاهُمٍ لِإِعَادَةِ تَأْهِيلِ خَطِّ نَفْطِ كَرْكُوكَ–بَانِيَاسَ. وَجَرَى التَّوْقِيعُ فِي وَاشِنْطُنَ خِلَالَ قِمَّةٍ لِلْأَعْمَالِ بَيْنَ الْعِرَاقِ وَالْوِلَايَاتِ الْمُتَّحِدَةِ.

وَوَقَّعَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ السُّورِيَّةُ مُذَكِّرَةً ثَانِيَةً مَعَ مَجْمُوعَةٍ دَوْلِيَّةٍ مِنَ الشَّرِكَاتِ، لِإِعْدَادِ دِرَاسَاتٍ فَنِّيَّةٍ وَمَالِيَّةٍ لِلْمَشْرُوعِ.

يَرْبِطُ الْخَطُّ حُقُولَ النَّفْطِ قُرْبَ كَرْكُوكَ بِمِينَاءِ بَانِيَاسَ عَلَى الْبَحْرِ الْمُتَوَسِّطِ. وَيُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُوَفِّرَ طَرِيقًا إِضَافِيًّا لِصَادِرَاتِ النَّفْطِ الْعِرَاقِيَّةِ. وَلَكِنَّ الْمَشْرُوعَ مَا زَالَ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى دِرَاسَاتٍ وَإِصْلَاحَاتٍ قَبْلَ التَّشْغِيلِ.

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Syria and Iraq Agree to Rehabilitate Kirkuk–Baniyas Oil Pipeline

On Friday, July 17, the Syrian Petroleum Company and Iraq’s Basra Oil Company signed a memorandum of understanding to rehabilitate the Kirkuk–Baniyas oil pipeline. The signing took place in Washington during an Iraq–United States business summit.

The Syrian company also signed a second memorandum with an international group of companies to prepare technical and financial studies for the project.

The pipeline connects oil fields near Kirkuk with the port of Baniyas on the Mediterranean Sea. It could provide an additional route for Iraqi oil exports. However, the project still needs studies and repairs before it can begin operating.

Key Vocabulary

Arabic Part of speech English
مُذَكِّرَةُ تَفَاهُمٍ noun phrase memorandum of understanding
إِعَادَةُ تَأْهِيلٍ noun phrase rehabilitation
خَطُّ نَفْطٍ noun phrase oil pipeline
قِمَّةٌ noun summit
دِرَاسَةٌ noun study
حَقْلُ نَفْطٍ noun phrase oil field
مِينَاءٌ noun port
صَادِرَاتٌ plural noun exports
تَشْغِيلٌ noun operation
إِصْلَاحَاتٌ plural noun repairs

Sources

  1. Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA): Syria, Iraq signs a MoU to revive Kirkuk-Baniyas oil pipeline
  2. The National: Iraq and Syria agree to revive defunct crude oil pipeline
  3. Associated Press: US oil firms sign deals with Iraq to develop alternative shipping routes

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