The two oil pipelines helping Saudi Arabia and UAE bypass the Strait of Hormuz

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The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz has abruptly thrust two alternative oil pipelines into the global spotlight, one in Saudi Arabia and another in the United Arab Emirates.

The first is Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline network, or Petroline, a roughly 750-mile system that transports crude across Saudi Arabia, connecting Abqaiq on the oil-rich kingdom's eastern Gulf coast to the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea.

The East-West pipeline is estimated to have a total design capacity of 7 million barrels per day, following recent expansions, and Saudi oil giant Aramco said earlier this week that it expects the network to reach full capacity over the coming days.

The second smaller pipeline is the UAE's Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (ADCOP), or the Habshan–Fujairah oil pipeline. Spanning around 248 miles from onshore oil facilities at Habshan to Fujairah, the pipeline is estimated to handle 1.5 million barrels per day, with a reported total capacity of close to 1.8 million barrels per day.

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[newdeal2]

1. They rake in billions

They should pay for the investments to get their product to the market, not the US taxpayer and military.

[maxrandb]

2. Off topic, but in Belgium, I saw the De Halve Maan beer pipeline

This is what pipelines should be used for.

In 2016 De Halve Maan completed a 3,276-metre-long (2 mi) beer pipeline from its brewery to its bottling plant to avoid having to send trucks through the narrow, cobbled streets of Bruges. At its deepest point, the pipeline runs 34 metres (112 ft) below the surface. The pipeline was partially crowdsourced, and those who contributed received free beer from the brewery.

[ornotna]

3. That's a pipeline worth cheering for

If it leaks it won’t be an environmental disaster. Probably.