Strait of Hormuz

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D-Axe

Do you have a thing for "mud people" also??? Seriously, it seems like "love" is on the back burner of your agenda. I'm not judging, just thinking that a whole bunch of anger is being needlessly expended. Peace.

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Found this. It looks like there is already another plan being formulated to make the SOH irrelevant or at least not essential to keeping oil flowing.

 

The entire world knows the importance of the Strait of Hormuz and Washington and its allies are very well aware that the Iranians can militarily close it for a significant period of time. This is why the U.S. has been working with the GCC countries – Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and the U.A.E. – to re-route their oil through pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz and channelling GCC oil directly to the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, or Mediterranean Sea. Washington has also been pushing Iraq to seek alternative routes in talks with Turkey, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia.

 

Both Israel and Turkey have also been very interested in this strategic project. Ankara has had discussions with Qatar about setting up an oil terminal that would reach Turkey via Iraq. The Turkish government has attempted to get Iraq to link its southern oil fields, like Iraq’s northern oil fields, to the transit routes running through Turkey. This is all tied to Turkey’s visions of being an energy corridor and important lynchpin of transit.

 

The aims of re-routing oil away from the Persian Gulf would remove an important element of strategic leverage Iran has against Washington and its allies. It would effectively reduce the importance of the Strait of Hormuz. It could very well be a prerequisite to war preparations and a war led by the United States against Tehran and its allies.

 

It is within this framework that the Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline or the Hashan-Fujairah Oil Pipeline is being fostered by the United Arab Emirates to bypass the maritime route in the Persian Gulf going through the Strait of Hormuz. The project design was put together in 2006, the contract was issued in 2007, and construction was started in 2008. [8] This pipeline goes straight from Abdu Dhabi to the port of Fujairah on the shore of the Gulf of Oman in the Arabian Sea.

 

In other words, it will give oil exports from the U.A.E. direct access to the Indian Ocean. It has openly been presented as a means to ensure energy security by bypassing Hormuz and attempting to avoid the Iranian military. Along with the construction of this pipeline, the erection of a strategic oil reservoir at Fujairah was also envisaged to also maintain the flow of oil to the international market should the Persian Gulf be closed off.

 

Boy that looks ripe for sabotage and terror attacks, but i see how much quicker it can be accomplished.

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Heath-we tend to agree on a lot of equipment stuff but very little in politics, LOL!

Iran as a government may not have directly attacked us since 82 as uzitiger stated earlier but they do one hell of a job harboring terrorists as well as knowing full well what some groups are about that operate in there country. To deny that would be ignorant. It doesn't help that they absolutely LOVE to detain anyone American and call them a spy. Take for example the guy there planning to execute (if America doesn't step in soon, I'm pretty sure that guys head is coming off).

 

Dane-*sigh* you need some serious counseling guy, as well as history books. A nice padded room and a library could open your eyes to the real world. Also, after reading through all your posts on this subject you haven't provided one fact......other then your hate for Jews and Christians.

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