Iraq Considers Oil Exports via Lebanon's Tripoli Port, to Study Reviving Iraq-Syria Pipeline
The ministry plans to form a joint committee to assess the pipeline's condition.
The announcement came during a visit by Syria's energy minister to Baghdad to discuss cooperation in oil, gas and energy.
Iraq dispatched a high-level delegation to Damascus in April to assess the feasibility of reviving the Iraq–Syria oil pipeline, a move Baghdad is counting on to diversify export routes amid expanding production capacity.
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