re: So could pipelines minimize the importance of narrow straits?

The Saudi East-West pipeline was built 40 years ago. It was already being

used at the Saudi's convenience. The Saudi line is 750 miles long, with 42"

and a 56" diameter pipelines. There are 13 pump stations, with a nominal 7

pumps at each station, each driven by ~ 27,000 HP gas turbines, and 2-3

storage tanks, with a 300+ ft diameter, and 1,000,000+ bbls of capacity.

A new pipeline would require all this, and a deep water export facility. The

pipe alone is ~ 1,000 tons per mile of pipeline. The delivery for gas

turbines, the same units that will power all the planned data centers

around the world, already have delivery times of 2-5 years. The cost to

build, operate and maintain the transport, storage and export facilities

would cost more per barrel than paying transit fees to Iran & Oman. If they

If they made economic sense, they would already have been built a long

time ago. The Persian Gulf states import damn near everything but oil.

Maybe rugs and goats. .Are they building any square shaped pipelines

for moving cargo's to and from container ships? Trump and teeny weenie

price increase for gasoline? A worldwide 10% price increase for everything

using transportation fuel. For what? To rebuild Iran? That will be his legacy

for eternity.