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<\/strong> Iraq advances the Basra-Haditha pipeline: <\/strong>Iraq\u2019s cabinet gave the oil ministry the go-ahead<\/a> to invite specialized companies to bid for the Basra-Haditha crude pipeline, pushing the USD 4.6 bn project<\/a> toward a tender process. <\/p>\n

The <\/strong>planned line would move crude from Southern Iraq to the north<\/strong>, creating an alternative export route and bypassing Iraq\u2019s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. The pipeline is designed to carry around 2.3 mn bbl \/ d<\/a> while helping feed Turkey\u2019s Silopi-Ceyhan link.<\/p>\n

Baghdad\u2019s already been working fallback routes:<\/strong> Iraq has been trying to revive a long-idle stretch<\/a> of the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline to move crude north to Turkey\u2019s Ceyhan port without crossing the Kurdistan region.<\/p>\n

Why it matters:<\/strong> Once the disruption in Hormuz choked Iraqi exports, storage filled up and southern output fell to around 800k bbl \/ d<\/a> \u2014 exposing how little room Baghdad has when its main Gulf outlet is blocked. <\/p>\n

The pattern:<\/strong> Gulf states are leaning more heavily on export pipelines<\/a> that bypass Hormuz, with existing infrastructure taking on a larger share of flows and reviving interest in expansion projects once seen as too costly or complex, pushing pipeline capacity and cross-border corridor plans back into focus.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not all Iraq is doing: <\/strong>The cabinet also gave the green light to the Iraqi Oil Tanker Company to lease available crude carriers in the Gulf for storage purposes to extend refinery operations. It also allowed the company to arrange overland crude transport from the southern port of Khor Al Zubair to northern hubs in Kirkuk.<\/p>\n

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