{"id":2631306,"date":"2026-07-17T17:21:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-welcomes-iraq-syria-oil-pipeline-bypassing-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T17:26:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T21:26:07","slug":"us-welcomes-iraq-syria-oil-pipeline-bypassing-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-welcomes-iraq-syria-oil-pipeline-bypassing-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"US welcomes Iraq-Syria oil pipeline bypassing Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-welcomes-iraq-syria-oil-pipeline-bypassing-strait-of-hormuz%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2631306&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States endorsed a new agreement between Iraq and Syria to rehabilitate an oil pipeline running from Kirkuk in Iraq to Syria\u2019s Mediterranean coast, which has been offline since 2003. once operational,this pipeline could transport up to 2 million barrels of crude oil daily,providing an option export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz-a critical chokepoint through which about 20% of global oil passes. The project aims to reduce dependence on the Strait, especially after Iran&#8217;s blockade in March heightened fears of disruptions. The pipeline&#8217;s revitalization also aims to strengthen economic ties between Iraq and Syria, enhance regional stability, and improve Iraq\u2019s oil production capacity.The agreement was signed during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce summit in Washington, D.C.,with officials from Iraq and Syria participating. The initiative aligns with broader regional efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >diversify oil export routes amid ongoing geopolitical tensions<\/a> and conflicts affecting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-begs-oil-industry-to-lower-prices-as-energy-crisis-looms-report\/\" title=\"Biden Begs Oil Industry To Lower Prices As Energy Crisis Looms: REPORT\">global energy markets<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"671\"> United States<\/a> on Friday backed a new agreement between <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"101\">Iraq<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/syria\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"109\">Syria<\/a> to rehabilitate an <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oil\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"292\">oil<\/a> pipeline that would provide an alternative route for crude exports and reduce reliance on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21488\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe United States welcomes the engagement of a U.S.-led international consortium to execute the technical and financial aspects of this project,\u201d the State Department said in a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/releases\/office-of-the-spokesperson\/2026\/07\/announcement-of-cooperation-between-the-government-of-the-republic-of-iraq-and-the-government-of-the-syrian-arab-republic-on-the-rehabilitation-and-reconstruction-of-the-iraq-syria-crude-oil-pipeline\/\">statement<\/a>. \u201cUpon rehabilitation, this groundbreaking project will have an initial transport capacity of 2 million barrels per day of crude oil.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4653903\/iraq-syria-oil-pipeline\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US backs Iraq-Syria oil pipeline bypassing Strait of Hormuz<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4653720\/republicans-blame-wildfire-smoke-canada-mismanaging-forests\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump and Republicans blame wildfire smoke on Canada for mismanaging forests<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4652955\/dc-air-quality-code-purple-smoke-canadian-wildfires\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>DC air quality reaches severely polluted levels as Canadian wildfire smoke rolls in<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement was signed during a U.S. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chamber-of-commerce\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"2615\">Chamber of Commerce<\/a> summit in Washington, D.C., with Energy Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chris-wright\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11768\">Chris Wright<\/a> presiding over the ceremony. The deal was signed by Basra Oil Company CEO Bassem Abdul Karim Nasr and Syrian Petroleum Company CEO Youssef Qablawi.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is so much room to drive improvement in Iraq, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/occidental-to-cut-debt-and-distribute-cash-wont-raise-oil-output\/\" title=\"Occidental to cut debt and distribute cash, won\u2019t raise oil output\">raise oil production<\/a>, to reduce dependencies on hostile neighbors, to bring freedom, prosperity, and abundant energy to the nation of Iraq,\u201d Wright said at the signing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The pipeline, which runs from Kirkuk in northern Iraq to Syria\u2019s Mediterranean coast, was built to transport Iraqi oil to global markets but has been offline since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. According to the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/international\/analysis\/country\/IRQ\/background\">U.S. Energy Information Administration<\/a>, the pipeline previously had the capacity to move roughly 700,000 barrels per day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project comes as countries across the region seek alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz, a critical shipping chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of the world\u2019s oil supply passes. When <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a> imposed a blockade of the strait in March following strikes on the country by the United States and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"219\">Israel<\/a>, global energy markets were thrown into turmoil as shipments stalled and prices surged.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">About 20 million barrels of crude oil and other oil products pass through the Strait of Hormuz daily, making up 20% of global oil trade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/strait-of-hormuz-graphic.webp?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">About 20 million barrels of crude oil and other oil products pass through the Strait of Hormuz daily, making up 20% of global oil trade. (Grace Hagerman\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the blockade, only two major pipelines allowed Gulf states to bypass the Strait of Hormuz: Saudi Arabia\u2019s East-West Crude Oil Pipeline, known as Petroline, and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-arab-emirates\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"215\">United Arab Emirates<\/a>\u2019 Habshan-Fujairah pipeline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several Gulf countries have since moved to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4648174\/how-long-can-iran-play-energy-card\/\">expand<\/a> their pipeline networks. The UAE is developing a second pipeline to Fujairah that would increase its ability to export crude outside the strait, while <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/saudi-arabia\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"590\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> is considering expanding its Red Sea pipeline capacity by an additional 2 million barrels per day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4648174\/how-long-can-iran-play-energy-card\/\">How long can Iran play its energy card?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Iraq-Syria pipeline project would add another potential export route while deepening economic ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cToday\u2019s announcement marks an important milestone for the region and for Syria-Iraq relations,\u201d the State Department said. \u201cThe commitment of both countries to work jointly to rehabilitate and operate the pipeline, create a legal framework, and engage constructively with the consortium advances security and stability through prosperity, made possible by the vision and leadership of President Donald J. Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US supports Iraq-Syria oil pipeline to bypass Hormuz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4195,"featured_media":2631307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26127207002266.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4486,32404,42519,32726,82868],"class_list":["post-2631306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-energy","tag-geopolitics","tag-internationalrelations","tag-middle-east","tag-oilandgas"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/AP26127207002266.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2631306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631314,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2631306\/revisions\/2631314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2631307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2631306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2631306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2631306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}