Kirkuk-Ceyhan Oil Pipeline

Summary Information

• Source: Kirkuk Oil Field, Iraq
• Destination: Ceyhan, Turkey
• Ownership: Botas
• Website: http://www.botas.gov.tr/
• Length: kilometres ( miles)
• Capacity: 1.4 Million barrels of oil per day
• Crude Type: Kirkuk Crude Oil

+++ Brief Description

• Otherwise known as the Iraq - Turkey Crude Oil Pipeline
• The Iraq - Turkey Crude Oil Pipeline System transports the oil produced in Kirkuk and other areas of Iraq to the Ceyhan (Yumurtalık) Marine Terminal.

+++ Pipeline Status

• In operation

+++ History

• 1973 - The Iraq-Turkey Pipeline Agreement was signed
• 1976 - Construction completed
• 1984 - First expansion project completed
• 1987 - Pipeline twinning project completed

+++ Other Information

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+++ Links

1. Republic of Iraq Commences Arbitration against Republic of Turkey and BOTAŞ for Violations of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline Agreement