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Baiji (K-2). The denesting and jointing plant was moved from Homs to Baiji in
November 1951. Shipping requirements were 7 ships for the 26-inch pipes, 18 ships for the larger pipes to Tripoli and 9 to Basra. The 26-inch pipe was seamless 3/8 inch thick. The larger diameters were longitudinally welded 3/8-inch and 7/16-inch. Like with the Transarabian, 3 pipe sections were welded together at the depot and 93ft long pipe hauled by truck to the final resting place along the line. Storage capacity of the entire line (total amount of oil in the pipe) was 2,354,000 bbls to be filled.
313:. The line became operational over the course of March and April 1952 first between the K-3 station and Banias using existing 12-inch and 16-inch excess capacity (the K-3 to Haifa branch of these predecessor lines was shut down in 1948). The tie-in weld at K-3 was made February 21 and the pipe was filled with oil as far as the T-2 station on March 6. The 149 mile section between K-3 and Kirkuk was the last to finish. The final weld was made at a meeting point 50 miles from Kirkuk. The new pipeline paralleled the existing 12 and 16-inch line to
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381:. However, Stroytransgaz failed to start the rehabilitation and the contract was nullified in April 2009. As the rehabilitation of the existing pipeline occurred to be more costly than building a new pipeline, in September 2010 Iraq and Syria agreed to build two new Kirkuk–Baniyas pipelines. One pipeline with capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day (240
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Tripoli by lighters and then rail to the depot at Homs. The remaining 49,523 arrived at Basra and from there were brought by railroad to
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