UAE Oil Pipeline, Built By China, Opens

Mohammed Bin Dhaen al-Hamli (L front), Minister of Energy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), meets with Chinese Ambassador to UAE Huang Jiemin (R front) during the opening ceremony of Habshan-Fujairah oil pipeline which was designed to export Abu Dhabi’s oil bypassing the Strait of Hormuz controlled by Iran, in Fujairah, July 15, 2012. Constructed by China National Petroleum Corporation, the 370-km long pipeline connects the Gulf state’s largest sheikhdom Abu Dhabi, where 7 percent of the world’s known oil reserves are located, with the emirate of Fujairah which has access to the Indian ocean. The pipeline has a capacity to pump through 1.5 million barrels of oil per day. <Xinhua/Ma Xiping>

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