The Crown Prince of the UAE says the project would help ‘meet global demands’.
The United Arab Emirates is fast-tracking the construction of a new pipeline which will double the export capacity through Fujairah, a port city in the country’s east, as Gulf nations seek to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed announced the acceleration of the West-East Pipeline project to “meet global demands”, at an executive meeting held by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on Friday.
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The pipeline should be operational by 2027, the government’s Abu Dhabi Media Office said.
Sheikh Zayed said ADNOC is “well…
