Saudi-UAE Pipelines Offer Partial Bypass of Hormuz Amid Gulf Crisis
Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline (about 7 million barrels per day) and the UAE’s ADCOP (around 1.5–1.8 million bpd) bypass the Strait of Hormuz and can partially offset the roughly 20 million bpd that typically transits Hormuz, but actual relief depends on utilization and security risks; ongoing Iran war and incidents at facilities like Ruwais could cap throughput and keep oil prices volatile.