Pipeline projects would route oil around the Strait of Hormuz
Across the Middle East, governments and energy companies are seeking to reduce Iran's leverage over the Strait of Hormuz — a vital shipping chokepoint — by accelerating pipeline projects that would bypass the strait entirely.
TURKMEN.
TURKEY
Kirkuk
SYRIA
Med. Sea
IRAN
IRAQ
Suez
Canal
Basra
JORDAN
Strait of
Hormuz
Persian Gulf
KUWAIT
EGYPT
UAE
Red Sea
SAUDI ARABIA
OMAN
SUDAN
Typical tanker
traffic flow
ERIT.
YEMEN
Bab al-Mandeb
Strait
Arabian Sea
SOMALIA
Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline
Iraq-Syria pipeline
Basra-Aqaba pipeline
East-West pipeline
Bab-Habshan–Fujairah pipeline
TURKMEN.
TURKEY
Kirkuk
SYRIA
Med. Sea
IRAN
IRAQ
Suez
Canal
Basra
JORDAN
Strait of
Hormuz
Persian Gulf
KUWAIT
EGYPT
UAE
Red Sea
SAUDI ARABIA
OMAN
SUDAN
Typical tanker
traffic flow
ERIT.
YEMEN
Bab al-Mandeb
Strait
Arabian Sea
SOMALIA
Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline
Iraq-Syria pipeline
Basra-Aqaba pipeline
East-West pipeline
Bab-Habshan–Fujairah pipeline
ARM.
AZER.
TURKMENISTAN
TURKEY
Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline
Ceyhan
Kirkuk
SYRIA
Baniyas
Tehran
AFGHAN.
Iraq-Syria pipeline
Med. Sea
LEB.
IRAN
IRAQ
ISR.
Basra-Aqaba
pipeline
Suez
Canal
Basra
JORDAN
Strait of
Hormuz
KUWAIT
Aqaba
Persian
Gulf
BAHRAIN
EGYPT
East-West pipeline
QATAR
Riyadh
Bab-Habshan–
Fujairah pipeline
UAE
SAUDI ARABIA
Red Sea
OMAN
SUDAN
Typical tanker
traffic flow
ERITREA
YEMEN
Gulf of Aden
Bab al-Mandeb
Strait
Arabian Sea
DJIBOUTI
ETHIOPIA
SOMALIA
