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UAE to complete second oil pipeline bypassing strait of Hormuz by 2027

The Guardian · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · · 415 words · By Jillian Ambrose
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The United Arab Emirates has announced it will complete a new oil pipeline bypassing the strait of Hormuz by next year to secure its future crude exports against the threat of disruption.

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What happened

The United Arab Emirates has announced it will complete a new oil pipeline bypassing the strait of Hormuz by next year to secure its future crude exports against the threat of disruption.

Why it matters

The current blockade of the vital waterway, through which 20% of oil and seaborne gas flowed before the Iran war, is approaching the 11-week mark, sending energy prices soaring around the world and throttling Gulf economies.

Common ground

Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, has directed the UAE state oil company to fast-track the previously undisclosed project so that the pipeline can begin carrying oil from the emirates to the port of Fujairah by 2027.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/15/uae-oil-pipeline-strait-of-horm…

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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 is expected to double the UAE’s export capacity via the existing Habshan-Fujairah pipeline which can carry up to 1.8m barrels a day to the port on the Gulf of Oman”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists only of dictionary definitions for the word 'EXISTING' and does not provide the actual capacity figures (1.8m barrels) for the Habshan-Fujairah pipeline.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago · The meaning of EXIST is to have real being whether material or spiritual. How to use exist in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/existing
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web search NEUTRAL — EXISTING definition: already or previously in place, before being replaced, altered, or added to. See examples of existing used in a sentence.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/existing
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web search NEUTRAL — (Definition of existing from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/existing
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Claim 2: “the UAE, the group’s third-largest oil producer”
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Multiple cross-references (NYPost, CNBC, Axios) confirm the UAE is the third-largest oil producer in OPEC, behind Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Energy exports from the UAE – the third-largest oil producer in OPEC behind Saudi Arabia and Iraq – have also been severely disrupted by the on-and-off blockade of the Strait of Hormuz
https://nypost.com/2026/04/28/business/united-arab-emirates-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The UAE was OPEC's third-largest oil producer in February, behind Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/trump-says-its-great-that-ua…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The UAE... was the group's third-largest oil producer in February, behind Saudi Arabia and Iraq.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/03/opec-announces-188000-barrel…
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Claim 3: “the UAE quit Opec after 60 years of membership”
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TASS, EADaily, and other news sources independently report the UAE's withdrawal from OPEC after nearly 60 years of membership.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is quitting the Opec and Opec+ groups of major oil producing nations next month after nearly 60 years of membership.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4pxwlr52yo
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web search NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates is withdrawing from Opec and Opec+ after nearly 60 years as a member. The UAE oil exit will take effect next month, reshaping the cartel’s structure and global energy dynamics…
https://swift-press.com/events/uae-oil-exit-opec-withdrawal/
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web search NEUTRAL — The UAE has announced its withdrawal from OPEC after almost 60 years of membership. OPEC+ will also leave Abu Dhabi, giving reason for the joy of US President Donald Trump, who accused the cartel of c…
https://eadaily.com/en/news/2026/04/28/trump-will-like-it-ua…
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Claim 4: “The United Arab Emirates has announced it will complete a new oil pipeline bypassing the strait of Hormuz by next year”
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Multiple independent sources (Bloomberg, Google News/Shobhit Gupta, and other web results) confirm the UAE's announcement to complete a new oil pipeline bypassing the Strait of Hormuz by next year.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates has announced it will complete a new oil pipeline bypassing the strait of Hormuz by next year to secure its future crude exports against the threat of disruption.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/15/uae-oil-pip…
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web search NEUTRAL — UAE to Complete New Oil Pipeline Bypassing Strait of Hormuz Next Year.UAE Announces Accelerated Pipeline Construction To Bypass Strait Of Hormuz. 14 hours ago. By Shobhit Gupta.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The United Arab Emirates will double its capacity to export crude oil bypassing the Strait of Hormuz by next year, as it seeks to reduce reliance on the shipping chokepoint.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-15/uae-to-co…
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Claim 5: “The UAE and Saudi Arabia are the only Gulf producers with pipelines that export crude outside the narrow waterway running between Iranian and Omani territory”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the UAE and Saudi Arabia are the only Gulf producers with pipelines exporting crude outside the Strait of Hormuz.
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web search NEUTRAL — Saudi Arabia also attempted similar moves.[46] In the days before the strikes, war-risk ship insurance premiums for the strait increased from 0.125% to between 0.2% and 0.4% of the ship insurance valu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — The UAE and Saudi Arabia are the only Gulf producers with pipelines that export crude outside the narrow waterway running between Iranian and Omani territory.20 Apr 2026. Oil price drops below $90 a b…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/15/uae-oil-pip…
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web search NEUTRAL — The UAE and Saudi Arabia are the only Gulf producers with pipelines that export crude outside the Strait of Hormuz, while Oman has a long coastline on the Gulf of Oman.
https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/uae-accelerate-new…
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Claim 6: “Saudi Arabia... can transport roughly 7m barrels a day from its eastern oilfields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, of which 5m barrels are exported”
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Web search results confirm that Saudi Arabia transports 7 million barrels daily to Yanbu, with 5 million being exported as crude.
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web search NEUTRAL — In February 2026, Saudi Arabia exported 7.2 million barrels per day, with 6.38 million barrels per day moving through the Hormuz route. With regional shipments affected, tankers have been reported anc…
https://hmt-news.com/aramco-reroutes-some-crude-shipments-to…
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web search NEUTRAL — The East-West Pipeline, also known as the Petroline, is a 746-mile-long pipeline in Saudi Arabia that runs from the Abqaiq oil field in the Eastern Province across the width of the Arabian Peninsula, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East–West_Crude_Oil_Pipeline
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web search NEUTRAL — Of the 7 million barrels transported daily, 5 million are crude exports shipped from Yanbu, while 700,000 to 900,000 barrels are refined products. The remaining 2 million barrels feed Saudi refineries…
https://thedeepdive.ca/saudi-arabia-bolsters-global-supply-w…
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Claim 7: “Iran blocked tankers passing through the strait of Hormuz shortly after the US and Israel launched attacks on 28 February”
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Wikipedia and RTL Today both confirm that Iran closed/blocked the Strait of Hormuz following US and Israeli attacks that began on February 28.
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web search NEUTRAL — In retaliation, Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Israel, US military bases, and US-allied Gulf states. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps issued warnings forbidding passage through the st…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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web search NEUTRAL — Following the start of the war with US-Israeli attacks on February 28, Iran largely closed the Strait of Hormuz and the US later imposed its own blockade of Iranian ports.
https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/us-fire-on-iran-tankers-spar…
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web search NEUTRAL — US-Israel war on Iran. This article is more than 1 month old.The US Central Command strikes on Iran’s mine-laying ships followed shortly after. The strait of Hormuz is a key passage that connects the …
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/11/attacks-iran-o…
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Claim 8: “The current blockade of the vital waterway, through which 20% of oil and seaborne gas flowed before the Iran war, is approaching the 11-week mark”
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Wikipedia and other web sources confirm that approximately 20% of seaborne gas and a significant portion of oil (around 20-25%) flow through the Strait. The '11-week mark' context aligns with the timeline of the 2026 crisis described in the provided evidence (February 28 attacks to April/May reports).
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web search NEUTRAL — Since 13 April, the US has simultaneously blockaded Iranian ports. Until the US–Israeli war against Iran, the Strait of Hormuz was open and about 25% of the world's seaborne oil trade and 20% of the w…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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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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web search NEUTRAL — About 20% of all oil supplies and about 20% of seaborne gas tankers pass through it. The strait lies between Oman and Iran. It links the Gulf to the north with the Gulf of Oman to the south and the Ar…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/01/us-israel-s…
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Claim 9: “Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, has directed the UAE state oil company to fast-track the previously undisclosed project so that the pipeline can begin carrying oil from the emirates to the port of Fujairah by 2027”
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The Guardian and Al Jazeera both report that Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan directed the fast-tracking of the pipeline project to Fujairah.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was born at Oasis Hospital in Al Ain on 11 March 1961,[25][26] in what was then known as the Trucial States.[27][28][29]. He is the third son of Sheikh Zayed bin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan
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web search NEUTRAL — Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, has directed the UAE state oil company to fast-track the previously undisclosed project so that the pipeline can begin carrying…
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/15/uae-oil-pip…
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web search NEUTRAL — 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 Compa…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/15/uae-to-accelerate-o…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.