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UAE already built a pipeline called ADNOC that ships oil to Fujairah. They're committing to doubling [1] their export capacity by 2027. [1]: https://gulfnews.c

• wodenokoto 5mo ago
  The pipeline is obviously not called ADNOC. The exisitng pipeline is called Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (ADCOP) and not "Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation" (ADNOC). The existing pipeline carries 1.8 million barrels per day [1]. Which you have to put against the 20 million barrels per day that used to be sailed through the strait. [1] https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/uae-accelerate-oil-pipeline-project-help-bypass-hormuz-2026-05-15/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/uae-accelerate-oil-p... [2] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65504 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=65504
  • Karrot_Kream 5mo ago
    Yes ADCOP not ADNOC, you are indeed precisely correct. But it's also called the Habshan–Fujairah pipeline :) The East-West Pipeline that empties into Yanbu can run 7 mbpd and House of Saud claims [1] that it ran at 1.3 mbpd before the war. If we double the capacity of ADCOP to 3.6 mbpd and add an extra 6.7 mbpd through the East-West Pipeline, we'll be up to 11.4 mbpd which is over half the capacity of the Strait of Hormuz which is probably enough to bring Brent down a lot lower. [1]: https://houseofsaud.com/saudi-arabia-energy-export-reroute-red-sea-yanbu-iran-war https://houseofsaud.com/saudi-arabia-energy-export-reroute-r...
    • Karrot_Kream 5mo ago
      Correction: 5.7 mbpd additional for the East-West Pipeline summing up to 10.4 mbpd still roughly half of the capacity of SoH.