U.S. Backs Iraq-Syria Oil Pipeline to Bypass the Strait of Hormuz
The United States supports plans by Iraq and Syria to rebuild a damaged oil pipeline that would carry crude from Kirkuk to Syria’s Mediterranean coast and bypass the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. backs the Iraqi and Syrian efforts to rebuild the Kirkuk-Baniyas oil pipeline and diminish Iran’s potential
Source: OilPrice.com
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The pipeline runs through two governments that have collapsed within the last decade and would still terminate in the eastern Mediterranean — where tankers must pass Suez, Bab el-Mandeb, or Cape routing to reach Gulf Coast refineries. This solves the Hormuz problem the way a fjord solves a border crossing.