Iran War Triggers Billions in New Oil Pipeline and Port Investment
The severe disruption of oil and gas flows out of the Persian Gulf resulting from the war between the U.S. and Israel and Iran, has saddled energy-importing nations with soaring bills, supply uncertainty, and a murky outlook.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: The global total energy import bill swelled by $330 billion over the six months between March and August, Finnish climate outlet Centre for Energy Research and Clean Air reported earlier this month.
- Fact 2: Saudi Arabia demonstrated foresight with its East-West pipeline that it used to reroute its export flows from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea in the first weeks of the war, ramping up to some 7 million barrels of crude daily along the pipe that had previously handled much lower volumes.
- Fact 3: ADNOC, the state oil and gas major, plans to build a new project, the West-East 1 Pipeline, which is expected to become operational next year and double the UAE energy giant’s export capacity through the Emirate of Fujairah to meet global demand for energy supplies, from 1.8 million barrels daily to 3.6 million barrels daily.
- Fact 4: has voiced its support for the project; however, per a Reuters report from earlier this month, the pipeline would cost at least $15 billion to build and take at least four years.
The severe disruption of oil and gas flows out of the Persian Gulf resulting from the war between the U.S. and Israel and Iran, has saddled energy-importing nations with soaring bills, supply uncertainty, and a murky outlook.
However, there has been a silver lining: a rush to build alternative conduits for bringing oil and gas out of the Middle East. The global total energy import bill swelled by $330 billion over the six months between March and August, Finnish climate outlet Centre for Energy Research and Clean Air reported earlier this month. This would not have been the case had the Strait of Hormuz remained open, the outlet noted in its report, highlighting the world’s reliance on an energy export corridor vulnerable to adverse geopolitical events and their fallout.
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