The first pipes for the 490 mile, 30/32-inch portion (by Consolidated Western Steel) between Kirkuk and the Homs Gap left Los Angeles on 30 September 1950.

All 26-inch and 96,122 tons of the larger diameters was brought in via Tripoli by lighters and then rail to the depot at Homs.

Storage capacity of the entire line (total amount of oil in the pipe) was 2,354,000 bbls to be filled.

In other words the entire roster of United States corporations involved in the project was a repeat of the Trans-Arabian.

[7] Last shipment from Consolidated Western Steel departed from the Port of Los Angeles February 1952 aboard the SS Day Beam.

The tie-in weld at K-3 was made February 21 and the pipe was filled with oil as far as the T-2 station on March 6.

Some of its output was slugged into the old 12-inch line to be used as fuel for downstream compressor stations, which had previously been run on crude oil.

[17] When Israel withdrew its troops from Egypt, the Syrian government gave permission in March 1957 for repairs to commence.

Damage to the pipes was minor and production at one third capacity using only Iraqi pumping stations was quickly restored.

[24][25] One pipeline with capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day (240×10^3 m3/d) would carry heavier crude oil while another pipeline capacity of 1.25 million barrels per day (199×10^3 m3/d) would carry lighter crude oil.