SOMO reveals details of Iraq’s efforts to extend a new oil pipeline across the Gulf to Oman.
SOMO reveals details of Iraq’s efforts to extend a new oil pipeline across the Gulf to Oman.
2025-09-11 02:47
Shafaq News – Baghdad
The Director General of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO), Ali Nizar, confirmed on Thursday that Iraq intends to build a new oil pipeline across the Gulf to the Sultanate of Oman to boost its crude oil exports.
Nizar told Shafaq News Agency, “There is a discussion and initial agreement between Iraq and the Sultanate of Oman on extending the crude oil pipeline and marketing the oil in global markets,” indicating that “the first phase of the agreement stipulates the construction of oil tanks with a capacity of 10 million barrels in the Omani port of Duqm,” adding that “the storage capacity can be increased in the coming years .”
He added, “After the completion of the construction of the tanks, we will begin the second phase of transporting Iraqi crude oil by tankers until the pipeline is completed from Iraq to the Sultanate of Oman .”
According to Nizar, “There are discussions between Iraq and Oman to determine the pipeline’s route. According to the feasibility study, if the pipeline is extended overland, it will require agreements with the countries through which it will pass. If it passes by sea, it will be across the Arabian Gulf, extending from the port of Basra to the Omani port .”
On September 3, the Iraqi government signed two agreements and 24 memoranda of understanding in various fields with the Sultanate of Oman. This came during Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani’s visit to Muscat and his meeting with Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said of Oman.
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