Timothy Birdnow

Good news!

I knew this had been an ongoing project but it was often stalled during more peaceable times because it was not needed. But since Iran closed the strait it became clear the UAE needed to finish this.

This will mean UAE port cities will flourish as tankers will pull up to them in the Gulf of Arabia to take on oil rather than cruise through the strait. This will mean Iran will not be able to impose a toll. This will be a prime target for the Iranians in the coming months, rest assured, if Trump doesn't take out all of their mid-range capabilities.

The idea of building a canal to cut off Hormuz has long been floated, but it would require crossing the mountains - which would mean locks - and those huge supertankers couldn't do it. The pipeline is easier in that the big tankers can offload oil there and another can pick it up on the opposite side. No muss, no fuss.

The new pipeline is halfway there.

At present the UAE has reactivated an old pipeline capable of moving about one and a half million barrels a day. That is woefully inadequate. The new pipeline will more than double this amount.

Twenty percent of the world's oil moves out of the Persian Gulf. Iran is holding all this hostage

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