The head of the spur line to the Hejaz railway was the oil terminal for the Mosul/Haifa pipe line, which the Iraqi Government had closed in April, and was home to the Consolidated Refineries oil refinery.
Punct de pornire al liniei secundare spre calea ferată Hidjaz era terminalul petrolier pentru conducta Mosul/Haifa, pe care guvernul irakian o închisese în luna aprilie 1948, iar orașul era gazda rafinăriei petroliere a Consolidated Refineries.