{"id":4515,"date":"2026-07-15T06:36:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2026-07-15T06:36:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T06:36:41","slug":"middle-east-allies-rushing-new-pipelines-port-to-bypass-irans-grip-on-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=4515","title":{"rendered":"Middle East allies rushing new pipelines, port to bypass Iran’s grip on Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Oil producers in the Persian Gulf are making plans to bypass the Strait of Hormuz with new pipelines and a new port after Iran has repeatedly attacked ships and blocked traffic.<\/p>\n

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The idea is to minimize Tehran\u2019s leverage on the waterway that once saw 20% of the world\u2019s oil pass through it as the war stretches into its fifth month.<\/p>\n

Iran has already insisted that it will impose tolls on the strait, which could cost tens of billions of dollars. And in some cases, it is extracting millions of dollars of protection money per oil tanker. <\/p>\n

Two such projects are already underway in the United Arab Emirates and Iraq \u2014 with Saudi Arabia eyeing its own and Dubai also seeking to establish a new port to further reduce dependence on the strait.<\/p>\n

There should be enough pipeline capacity to divert up to 45% of the pre-war Persian Gulf oil export by the end of 2027, Goldman Sachs analyst Alexandra Paulus told investors on Monday.<\/p>\n

Given that pipeline projects can move quickly in the Middle East, the bank estimates that output bypassing the strait could reach 7.3 million barrels by the end of 2028 \u2014 making 60% of the Gulf\u2019s oil strait-proof.<\/p>\n

The UAE\u2019s much-touted West-East Pipeline project\u00a0is about 50% complete, with Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed ordering its completion by 2027.<\/p>\n

Once completed, the 252-mile pipeline would run parallel to the Fujairah pipeline and double the country\u2019s overland capacity to 3.6 million barrels a day.<\/p>\n

Sultan Al Jaber, the head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, said the war in Iran proved Dubai was moving in the right direction with the project to free more of the world\u2019s oil supply. <\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, too much of the world\u2019s energy still moves through too few choke points. That is exactly why the \u200bUAE made the decision more than a decade ago to invest in infrastructure that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d Jaber told the Atlantic Council in May. <\/p>\n

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A much more ambitious project is underway in Iraq with the 435-mile-long Basra-Haditha oil pipeline, which would connect with Jordan, Syria and Turkey.<\/p>\n

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