Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 21

23-May-2011

Abu Dhabi Plans Second Crude Pipeline To Bypass Hormuz

The spare pipeline capacity and specifications for grades that are heavier and sourer than Abu Dhabi output would allow the UAE to export some of its neighbors crudes in an emergency.

Abu Dhabi is planning to build a second crude pipeline to bypass the Strait of Hormuz by 2020, giving it surplus transport capacity that would allow it to also carry some Saudi crude in an emergency, ...