Iraq’s State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) said on 12 February that it had begun rehabilitating the federal portion of the Iraq-Turkey Pipeline (ITP). The old 1.6mn b/d pipeline suffered extensive damage in 2014 when the Islamic State took over large areas of northern Iraq. It extends from Saladin and Kirkuk provinces to Fishkhabour on the Turkish border, where it meets Turkey’s portion of the system. The ITP has two 40-inch and 46-inch parallel pipelines.
SCOP says that it is repairing damaged sections along the route, cleaning and draining debris and conducting hydrostatic testing. Work has been divided into five sections, covering 262km to the IT-2A pumping station in Nineva close to provincial borders with the Kurdistan region. SCOP says it has finished three of the five sections. (CONTINUED - 186 WORDS)