While everyone is now paying attention to the situation in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East has changed again. On January 18, an explosion occurred near The Syrian oil pipeline in Turkey, an oil pipeline run by Turkey's national pipeline operator that transports Iraqi crude oil to Turkey's Ceyhan port for export. The explosion occurred on a pipeline between Kirkuk-Ceyhan, in Qahraman Marash, not far from Syria.
Turkish pipeline - blown up
After the explosion, a fire broke out at the scene, the scene was like the "end of the world", the smoke billowed out, it seemed to be like the sun, the fire was soaring, the fire was fierce, and the sky was red. It was very frightening, it was fearful that the fire would spread to residential areas, but the fire still spread to the Kahraman Marash-Gaziantep highway. Due to the fire, many firefighters and ambulances were sent to the area, and fortunately, according to preliminary statistics, no ones died, which is also a blessing in disguise! On January 19, 2022, turkey's national oil department announced that it had extinguished the fire and began to resume oil supply.
Live effect, comparable to "the end of the world"
There was fire everywhere
Although the fire has been extinguished and quick repairs have been carried out, the incident is still worth studying. The impact is not small because the oil pipeline exploded, the pipeline operation stopped, and the oil exports from Iran to Turkey were interrupted. The pipeline carries oil capacity of 450,000 barrels per day in 2021, and in addition to supplying half of Turkey's daily oil consumption, it is also shipped from Turkish ports to refineries in Mediterranean countries such as Croatia, Greece, Italy and Spain. To make the global market worse, the global oil price is already in a state of high, has broken through $80. Because of the situation in Ukraine, people are worried about Russia's oil exports, and on January 17, the UAE petrochemical plant was attacked again, and the already worried was raised. On the heels of the explosive news of Jan. 18, Brent crude futures rose $1.04 to $88.55 a barrel, up 1.2 percent the previous session. The benchmark contract climbed to $89.05, the highest level since October 13, 2014.
Pull the price of oil for the whole body
Originally under the influence of rising global oil prices, the pipeline's delivery capacity is improving, and now the supply is interrupted, even if it is only short-lived, the pipeline management said, "after taking the necessary precautions, the pipeline will be put into operation as soon as possible," will still have a huge impact, and when talking about this matter, many people will ask: The reason for the explosion was sneaked? Answer: That's right. There can be no second reason for an explosion in a crude oil pipeline other than external forces. The Middle East is also a war-torn region, and it is no surprise that the area through which the oil pipeline passes is attacked in an area of constant conflict.
Maybe all the focus now is on: Who did it? No group is currently responsible for the attack, and Turkey has not identified who the attacker really is, and the investigation has only just begun, but the biggest suspect is still the Kurdish armed forces. The Kurds, an ancient people in the Middle East, have been trying to establish their own Kurdish state since World War I and have been suppressed, especially Turkey. In order to suppress the Kurdish resistance, Turkey not only used force, but also used it as an excuse to invade Syria and Iraq.
What did the Kurds do?
The Kurds have never given up their resistance, attacking various targets in Turkey from time to time, and the oil pipelines that have been attacked have long been targeted, and once Turkey confirms that this attack was committed by the Kurds, it may cause a new wave of conflict in the Middle East.
In any case, the impact of the current oil pipeline explosion on the international oil market is not small, and the impact on the world pattern cannot be said to be nothing, but can only be said that the world is becoming more and more chaotic.