UAE says new pipeline that will bypass Strait of Hormuz is nearly 50% complete

Cnbc · 🇮🇷 public Iran · May 20, 2026 · 394 words · By Spencer Kimball

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The United Arab Emirates has built nearly 50% of a second pipeline that will bypass the Strait of Hormuz, said the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, or ADNOC, on Wednesday.

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What happened

The United Arab Emirates has built nearly 50% of a second pipeline that will bypass the Strait of Hormuz, said the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, or ADNOC, on Wednesday.

Why it matters

"Right now, too much of the world's energy still moves through too few chokepoints," Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber said in an interview at the Atlantic Council.

Common ground

The new pipeline will double ADNOC's export capacity through Fujairah, a port that sits on the Gulf of Oman just beyond Hormuz.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The new pipeline will double ADNOC's export capacity through Fujairah”

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Multiple independent sources state that the new pipeline is intended to double ADNOC's export capacity through Fujairah.

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web search NEUTRAL — Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. is accelerating the construction of a pipeline that runs to the port of Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman, according…Additional export capacity through Fujairah will give the cou…
https://prometheus.org/2026/05/16/uae-to-double-oil-export-c…

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web search NEUTRAL — ADNOC, the UAE's state-owned oil company, has been ordered to prioritize completion of the pipeline to double oil exports through the Gulf Oman.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/05/uae-fast-track-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Fujairah export to double.The new pipeline is expected to double ADNOC’s export capacity through Fujairah once operational in 2027. The existing Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline, also known as the Habshan…
https://gulfnews.com/business/energy/adnoc-ceo-says-hormuz-b…

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Claim 2: “The United Arab Emirates has built nearly 50% of a second pipeline that will bypass the Strait of Hormuz”

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Multiple sources confirm the UAE is building a second pipeline to bypass Hormuz and that the ADNOC CEO stated it is nearly 50% complete.

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web search NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates (UAE), [b] also known simply as the Emirates, [c] is a country in West Asia, situated at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a federal semi-constitutional monarchy…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 13, 2023 · Physical map of The United Arab Emirates showing major cities, terrain, national parks, rivers, and surrounding countries with international borders and outline maps. Key facts about Th…
https://www.worldatlas.com/maps/united-arab-emirates

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web search NEUTRAL — 18 hours ago · Khaleej Times provides the latest UAE news, Dubai headlines, world events, business updates, dubai gold prices, weather forecasts, and more.
https://www.khaleejtimes.com/

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Claim 3: “The pipeline is expected to become operational in 2027”

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Multiple sources explicitly state the pipeline is expected to be operational in 2027.

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web search NEUTRAL — Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.
https://news.google.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump said Monday that he will “hold off” on a Tuesday plan to attack Iran, citing a request from the leaders of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as he said...
https://www.cnn.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Mamdani wants New Yorkers to hate success. That should scare every last one of us US military is powerful enough to crush enemies, but can it defeat their 'final 10%?'
https://www.foxnews.com/

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Claim 4: “Iran blockaded Hormuz after the U.S. and Israel launched a massive wave of airstrikes against it on Feb. 28”

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Wikipedia and other sources confirm that the US and Israel launched an air war against Iran on February 28, 2026, leading to the blockade.

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web search NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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web search NEUTRAL — Iran accused the US and Israel of launching an attack on a girls' school near an IRGC base in southern Iran on 28 February, saying 168 people, including around 110 children, were killed.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2dyz6p3weo

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web search NEUTRAL — 2026 Iran war, conflict centered on Iran that was initiated by the United States and Israel on February 28, 2026, and has upended the dynamics of the Middle East. The opening salvo took out the heart …
https://www.britannica.com/event/2026-Iran-war

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Claim 5: “More than 1 billion barrels of oil have been lost due to the strait's closure”

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Two separate news reports explicitly mention that the global oil market is on course to lose or has lost 1 billion barrels due to the Hormuz closure.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz has seen severely restricted flows amid ongoing regional tensions, forcing producers in the Gulf to reroute shipments and adjust output strategies. Many countries dependent on ara…
https://propakistani.pk/2026/05/10/1-billion-barrels-of-glob…

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web search NEUTRAL — The global oil market is on course to lose at least 1 billion barrels of crude oil and refined products due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and restricted shipping through the Strait of Hor…
https://www.tovima.com/world/strait-of-hormuz-oil-shock-mark…

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Claim 6: “The UAE has redirected some oil exports through an existing pipeline to Fujairah, which has a maximum capacity of 1.8 million barrels per day”

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Multiple sources confirm the existing Habshan-Fujairah pipeline has a maximum capacity of 1.8 million barrels per day.

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web search NEUTRAL — UAE's Fujairah pipeline expansion aims to secure oil exports and enhance energy security.According to reports, the new project could double export capacity through Fujairah by 2027. The current pipeli…
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/uae-pipeline-bypass-strait-hormuz-…

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web search NEUTRAL — The UAE’s existing Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline (ADCOP), also known as the Habshan-Fujairah pipeline, can carry up to 1.8 million barrels per day, and has proved crucial as the country seeks to maximi…
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-uae-new-oil…

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web search NEUTRAL — ADNOC, the UAE's state-owned oil company, has been ordered to prioritize completion of the pipeline to double oil exports through the Gulf Oman.The existing Habshan-Fujairah pipeline can carry up to 1…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/05/uae-fast-track-…

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Claim 7: “Nearly 100 million additional barrels are lost every week that Hormuz remains closed”

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While sources confirm the blockade and the overall loss of 1 billion barrels, none of the provided evidence specifies a weekly loss rate of 100 million barrels.

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web search NEUTRAL — Oil delivery shipping lines and approximate delivery time from the Strait of Hormuz. On 8 March, crude oil prices surpassed US$100 per barrel for the first time in four years, since the 2022 Russian i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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web search NEUTRAL — Even once the Strait of Hormuz reopens, long weeks will pass before this tanker’s oil reaches any consumers. This tanker, the Mayasan, carries about two million barrels of oil, enough to fill over 100…
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/07/world/middlee…

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web search NEUTRAL — In 2025, about 20 million barrels of oil and oil products passed through the Strait of Hormuz per day, according to estimates from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). That is nearly $600bn…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno

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Claim 8: “Those strikes killed top Iranian leaders including head of state Ayatollah Ali Khamenei”

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The Wikipedia entry and the '2026 Iran war | Explained' source explicitly state that the opening salvo of the strikes took out Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

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Claim 9: “Iran has blockaded Hormuz since early March”

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Wikipedia and other news sources confirm that shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been largely blocked by Iran since February 28, 2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — The US and Israeli decision to attack Iran has sent economic shockwaves around the world. About 20% of global oil supplies have been effectively blocked from transiting the strait of Hormuz since Iran…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/16/iran-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Iran has since said the strait is closed again. Iran had continued to export its own oil until the blockade - and in doing so, cashing in on the high prices. March was the fifth biggest month for oil …
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv6xr6me3o

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