Kirkuk–Ceyhan Oil Pipeline (also: Iraq–Turkey Crude Oil Pipeline) is a 600 miles (965.6 km) long pipeline. It is Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

's largest crude oil

Oil

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 export

Export

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 line.

Technical description

The pipeline consists two pipes with diameters of 46 inches (1,168.4 mm) and 40 inches (1,016 mm) and designed capacity of respectively. Usable capacity of the line is believed to be only , with significant repairs still required. The line's Iraqi part has been a principal sabotage

Sabotage

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 target since 2003. On 26 October 2009, the blast near Mosul

Mosul

Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial...

 halted oil supplies through the pipeline.

New pipeline proposal

Iraq is considering building a new Kirkuk–Ceyhan pipeline through Arbil and Dahuk governorates to bypass attack-prone areas.

See also

• Kirkuk–Banias pipeline
• Samsun–Ceyhan pipeline
• Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline