Sumed pipeline

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Oil pipeline in Egypt

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Field	Value
name	Sumed Pipeline
type	Oil
map	Sumed pipeline.png
map_caption	Location of the Sumed Pipeline
country	Egypt
operator	Arab Petroleum Pipeline Company (Sumed Company)
partners	EGPC, Saudi Aramco, IPIC, three Kuwaiti companies, QatarEnergy
length_km	320
discharge	2.5 Moilbbl/d
direction	South–north
start	Ain Sokhna terminal
finish	Sidi Kerir port
est	1977
par	Suez Canal
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The Sumed Pipeline (also known as the Suez-Mediterranean Pipeline) is an oil pipeline in Egypt, running from the Ain Sokhna terminal in the Gulf of Suez, the northernmost terminus of the Red Sea, to offshore Sidi Kerir port, Alexandria in the Mediterranean Sea. It provides an alternative to the Suez Canal for transporting oil from the Persian Gulf region to the Mediterranean.

History

The project for an oil pipeline from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean commenced after the extended closure of the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War in June 1967. | last = Shwadran | first = Benjamin | authorlink = Benjamin Shwadran | title = The Middle East, Oil, and the Great Powers | publisher = Israel Universities Press | date = 1973 | page = 487 | isbn = 978-0-470-79000-7}} Establishment of the pipeline company was agreed in 1973 between five Arab governments. | url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30617FF385D127A93C0A81789D95F478785F9 | title = Five Arab States Agree on Company For Sumed Pipeline | work = The New York Times | date = 1973-12-12 | accessdate = 2009-03-28}} The Sumed pipeline was opened in 1977. | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/30/world/trying-to-revive-a-canal-that-is-out-of-the-loop.html | title = Trying to revive a canal that is out of the loop | author = Jehl, Douglas | work = The New York Times | date = 1997-04-30 | accessdate = 2009-03-28}}

Technical description

The Sumed pipeline is 320 km long. It consists of two parallel lines of 42 in diameter. Its capacity is 2.5 Moilbbl/d. | url = http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/business/2007/May/business_May273.xml&section=business&col= | title = Egypt to set up oil storage firm next year | publisher = Khaleej Times Online | date = 2007-05-08 | accessdate = 2009-03-28}} In 2009 it carried 1.1 Moilbbl/d. | url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704680604576110530618545842 | title = Egypt unrest stokes oil, gold | first=Dan |last=Strumpf | author2= Whittaker, Matt | publisher = The Wall Street Journal | date = 2011-01-29 | accessdate = 2011-02-06}}

Operator

The pipeline is owned by the Arab Petroleum Pipeline Company/Sumed Company, a joint venture of EGPC (50%, Egypt), Saudi Aramco (15%, Saudi Arabia), IPIC (15%, the United Arab Emirates), three Kuwaiti companies (each of 5%), and QatarEnergy (5%, Qatar).

Proposed extension

An extension of the Sumed is being considered. The proposed extension would traverse the Red Sea from Ain Sukhna to the Saudi coast near Sharm al Sheikh, and from there to the terminal of Saudi Arabia's main east-west pipeline in Yanbu.

References

"Sidi Kerir Terminal".

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