Gas export pipeline from Shuaiba to Khor Al Zubair Port has been successfully rehabilitated

Baghdad - INA

The Oil Pipelines Company announced, today, Friday, the completion of the rehabilitation work of the gas oil pipeline (8-10) knots extending from the Shuaiba pumping station to the Khor Al-Zubair port.

The company's general manager, Ali Abdul Karim Al-Moussawi, said in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA): "The technical and engineering staff in the company were able to complete the rehabilitation work of the 8-10 knot gas oil export pipeline, with a distance of 46 km, which aims to increase the export capacity of gas oil fuel through the southern outlet.".

Al-Moussawi added that "the rehabilitation process was completed in record time despite the weather conditions," noting that "the rehabilitation work included replacing the damaged sections of the pipeline, connecting new valves along the pipeline's path, and completing the hydrostatic inspection of the pipeline."
He pointed out that "this achievement is added to the strategic achievements of the ministry in the oil pipelines sector."