Restart of Oil Pipeline Between Homs and Hama After 14-Year Shutdown

Homs Fuel Company announced today, Tuesday, June 17, the restart of the 6-inch petroleum products pipeline connecting the warehouses of Homs and Hama after a 14-year shutdown, with a transport capacity of 2600 cubic meters per day.

Engineer Yahya Al-Taleb, the company's branch manager in Homs, confirmed to SANA agency that "Restarting the pipeline contributes to achieving flexibility in dealing with supply crises, ensuring the availability and efficient distribution of petroleum products, as well as reducing costs associated with transport via tankers".

Al-Taleb added that "Activating this pipeline is a vital and strategic measure, as it ensures sustainability in transporting petroleum products to warehouses in Hama in its initial phase, to later extend to warehouses in Aleppo and Idlib, increasing storage capacity by operating new facilities in those provinces".

He also pointed out that "This achievement represents a fundamental step in repairing the economic infrastructure that deteriorated during the previous regime".

On his part, Engineer Mohammad Amin Al-Daher, head of the pumping stations department at the company, stated that the technical teams completed intensive maintenance work over two weeks, including pipes, valves, pumping units, and mechanical barriers along a 56-kilometer stretch between Homs and Hama.

Al-Daher noted that "The entire oil pipeline is 180 kilometers long, including its route towards Aleppo and Idlib", considering that the work was carried out "with a high level of precision and efficiency".