The Pipeline Gambit: Iraq's Bid for Energy Independence Iraq has signed a series of deals with Western oil firms, including an agreement to revive the long defunct Iraq Syria pipeline.
Chevron will lead the rebuilding of a 400 mile crude oil pipeline from Kirkuk to Syria's Mediterranean port of Baniyas.
The project aims to create a critical energy corridor linking Iraqi oil production to European export markets. However, beneath this goal lies a more complex calculus: Iraq's bid for energy independence.