Sumed
pipeline
The Sumed pipeline (also
known as Suez-Mediterranean pipeline) is an oil pipeline
in Egypt,
running from the Ain Sukhna terminal on the Gulf of Suez
to offshore Sidi Kerir, Alexandria[1]
on 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
in June 1967.[2]
Establishment of the pipeline company was agreed in 1973 between five Arab governments.[3]
The Sumed pipeline was opened in 1977.[4][5]
Technical
description
The Sumed pipeline is 320 kilometres
(200 mi) long. It consists of two parallel lines of 42 inches
(1,070 mm) diameter. Its capacity is 2.5 million barrels per day (400×10
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 QGPC (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.
The entire wiki link on the subject, with a map, can be
found at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumed_pipeline
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