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This is very interesting, and it shows why the Strait is urgently in need of a back up. I don't know what that would be or what would be feasible, but I've seen
by Simulacra 2mo ago
This is very interesting, and it shows why the Strait is urgently in need of a back up. I don't know what that would be or what would be feasible, but I've seen a lot of people talk about an underground pipe.
- zer00eyz 2mo agoThe saudis built a pipeline across their nation, and are exporting over 5million barrels (a large increase). There is a great bit of coverage on this by "what's going on with shipping" here: https://youtu.be/r0EvQgLcjMw?t=172 https://youtu.be/r0EvQgLcjMw?t=172 It does not look like this data is part of the paper above.
- walrus01 2mo agoExporting oil from the west side of Saudi Arabia works until some armed group like the Houthis with drones/missiles places a credible enough threat at another chokepoint that the ships won't go. The choices are then to find a way to get the Houthis to chill out, or use enough military force to cut off the Iranian support for the houthis, or use military force to be confident you have destroyed the houthis' ship attacking capability. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bab-el-Mandeb https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0n127lpzgo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn0n127lpzgo
- eliotho 2mo agoFair catch, the data predates the reroute. Although this pipeline is routed to Bab-el-Mandeb which is in the network