Saudi Arabia's oil production is 10 million barrels per day in 2026. They use roughly 2 Million barrels per day domestically, and export about 7 Million barrels per day of oil.
S.A. uses the East-West Crude Oil Pipeline (Petroline) to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. The 745 mile pipeline has capacity of 5 Million barrels per day (1/2 of S.A. production) piping the crude to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. It's actually two pipelines, a 48" and a 56" diameter. Although rated for 5 MM bbl/day (some estimates now claim 7 MM bbl/day capacity) the pipeline has only been transporting around 2.9 MM bbl/day of oil. S.A. is increasing that flow due to the Iran war, so the pipeline should be flowing near capacity now. From there, it can either be loaded onto large tanker ships and go through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, or to the Asian market. As it is, S.A. can export at nearly their full production capacity through the East-West Crude pipelines.
S.A. can also connect that pipeline to Egypt's Sumed Pipeline, which flows to from Gulf of Suez to the Mediterranean with capacity of 2.5 Million barrels per day.
The Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, aka Habshan-Fujairah pipeline, is owned by the UAE and it runs 250 miles from onshore at Habshan to the port of Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman. It can transport up to 1.8 Million bbl/day of oil, but is currently flowing at about 1.5 Million bbl/day.
About 20 Million bbl/day used to be shipped through Strait of Hormuz. Bypass pipelines can handle up to 6.5 Million bbl/day, possibly as much as 8 Million bbl/day. That's still a big deficit. Those bypass pipelines are also liable to be attacked by Iran or their Houthi 'rebel' proxies.
The entire region can't be held hostage by an unstable rogue regime in Iran... and the world also can't be dictated to by Iranian mullahs. There is no new pipeline or canal that can be built which would solve the problem of the Strait of Hormuz. Regime change in Iran is the only solution.
Saudi Arabia's oil production is 10 million barrels per day in 2026. They use roughly 2 Million barrels per day domestically, and export about 7 Million barrels per day of oil.
S.A. uses the East-West Crude Oil Pipeline (Petroline) to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. The 745 mile pipeline has capacity of 5 Million barrels per day (1/2 of S.A. production) piping the crude to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. It's actually two pipelines, a 48" and a 56" diameter. Although rated for 5 MM bbl/day (some estimates now claim 7 MM bbl/day capacity) the pipeline has only been transporting around 2.9 MM bbl/day of oil. S.A. is increasing that flow due to the Iran war, so the pipeline should be flowing near capacity now. From there, it can either be loaded onto large tanker ships and go through the Suez Canal to the Mediterranean, or to the Asian market. As it is, S.A. can export at nearly their full production capacity through the East-West Crude pipelines.
S.A. can also connect that pipeline to Egypt's Sumed Pipeline, which flows to from Gulf of Suez to the Mediterranean with capacity of 2.5 Million barrels per day.
The Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, aka Habshan-Fujairah pipeline, is owned by the UAE and it runs 250 miles from onshore at Habshan to the port of Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman. It can transport up to 1.8 Million bbl/day of oil, but is currently flowing at about 1.5 Million bbl/day.
About 20 Million bbl/day used to be shipped through Strait of Hormuz. Bypass pipelines can handle up to 6.5 Million bbl/day, possibly as much as 8 Million bbl/day. That's still a big deficit. Those bypass pipelines are also liable to be attacked by Iran or their Houthi 'rebel' proxies.
The entire region can't be held hostage by an unstable rogue regime in Iran... and the world also can't be dictated to by Iranian mullahs. There is no new pipeline or canal that can be built which would solve the problem of the Strait of Hormuz. Regime change in Iran is the only solution.
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