{
  "id": 18526987,
  "title": "Syria-Iraq oil pipeline not a threat to Turkey, Energy Minister says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/syria-iraq-oil-pipeline-not-a-threat-to-turkey-energy-minister-says-18526987",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-06T15:43:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National Business",
    "slug": "the-national-business",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/11/06/syria-iraq-oil-pipeline-not-a-threat-to-turkey-energy-minister-says/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has stated that Turkey does not view the rehabilitation of the Kirkuk to Baniyas oil pipeline as a threat to Turkey's interests. The 800km pipeline, which originally had a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, was put into disuse during decades of conflict and has remained inactive since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The pipeline would provide an alternative export route for Iraq's crude oil to Syria's Mediterranean coastline at Baniyas, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, which has been hampered by the ongoing US-Iran war. The Turkish minister dismissed concerns that the pipeline would pose competition to Turkey's existing crude export routes via its Mediterranean port of Ceyhan. He also highlighted the potential for increasing the pipeline's capacity to 2.5 million barrels per day, as Turkey aims to diversify its export routes and reduce its dependence on the Strait of Hormuz. However, analysts suggest that the reconstruction of the pipeline, which is fraught with security concerns due to the presence of ISIS cells in the deserts it traverses, is unlikely to happen anytime soon. The cost of reconstruction is expected to be in the billions, and the process is likely to take years.",
  "summary": "Turkey does not oppose the rehabilitation of an oil pipeline between Iraq and Syria that would provide an alternative export route to the Strait of Hormuz for Baghdad’s crude, Turkey’s Energy Minister has said. “We are not afraid” of the Kirkuk to Baniyas pipeline, the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, said in response to a question from The National during a…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Cyclones caused over ₹500 crore loss to A.P. Energy Department, says Minister",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/cyclones-caused-over-500-crore-loss-to-a-p-energy-department-says",
        "published": "2026-11-06T15:55:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}