The UAE is planning its first multi-fuel refined-products pipeline to keep
exports of gasoline, diesel and jet fuel flowing if the Strait of Hormuz is
shut, ADNOC vice president Philippe Khoury said. Abu Dhabi already crude routes
from Habshan to Fujairah via an existing pipeline with a 1.5 mln b/d cap and has
relied on it since the conflict began; Fujairah port has faced repeated attacks
that have disrupted exports. ADNOC is building a second crude pipeline due early
next year that will double Fujairah throughput to about 3.0 mln b/d. The
proposed products pipeline would be switchable between fuel types, operating
like the US Colonial pipeline.
