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Gulf Nations Diversify Oil Routes | Philadelphia News
Global oil powers are racing to bypass the volatile Strait of Hormuz by building new pipelines to the Red Sea and beyond, turning a decades-old chokepoint into a strategic battleground. With daily oil flows once hitting 15 million barrels, nations like Saudi Arabia and the UAE are investing billions to reroute shipments — from Saudi’s 1980s East-West pipeline to UAE’s $3 billion Fujairah project — as instability and drone strikes make the old route too risky. Even Iraq is eyeing longer routes to Turkey and Syria, though delays loom. While these alternatives offer security, they come with new…
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