It has left Saudi Arabia, as well as some of the region’s other key oil producers, searching for a solution. Now, many think that could come from the unlikeliest of places: Israel.

Israel and the region’s oil powers have been enemies for decades, but are drawing up plans to use an overland pipeline to break the iron grip that Iran has imposed on global oil exports.

The scheme would see a pipeline built across the Saudi desert to the Israeli border, where a second pipeline built through Israel in the late 1960s would carry it north to ports on the Mediterranean.

https://www.aol.com/articles/israeli-oil-pipeline-could-solve-060000000.html

2 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

https://www.aol.com/articles/israeli-oil-pipeline-could-solve-060000000.html

It has left Saudi Arabia, as well as some of the region’s other key oil producers, searching for a solution. Now, many think that could come from the unlikeliest of places: Israel.

Israel and the region’s oil powers have been enemies for decades, but are drawing up plans to use an overland pipeline to break the iron grip that Iran has imposed on global oil exports.

The scheme would see a pipeline built across the Saudi desert to the Israeli border, where a second pipeline built through Israel in the late 1960s would carry it north to ports on the Mediterranean.

It won't be long before Trump claims credit for this.

I think this means Iran won, doesn't it? Surely Israel won't be putting up its own shekels for this. Will Saudi--everybody's good friend and loyal ally--foot the whole bill?

A pipeline could be an easy target for missiles and drones.

Edited August 10Aug 10 by msbkk

Yes, this was incredibly successful for Germany and Russia, Nordstream solved all the problems.

Not at all an easy target for sabotage. And with Iranians, we should take bets on how soon that pipeline will be destroyed.

Lol.

27 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

I think this means Iran won, doesn't it? Surely Israel won't be putting up its own shekels for this. Will Saudi--everybody's good friend and loyal ally--foot the whole bill?

Is money all you people think about ?

Stingy : "What about the money and how much it will cost ".

Thats why people don't like you, always going on about money all the time

Posts trolling about Trump have been removed.

29 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Is money all you people think about ?

Stingy : "What about the money and how much it will cost ".

Thats why people don't like you, always going on about money all the time

Who Is "you people?

3 minutes ago, Hawaiian said:

Who Is "you people?

A sarcastic tongue in cheek reply to people who always accuse Jews of being stingy and being obsessed with money .

Thats what they always say

Expanding the article posted by 3Numbas:

Israel and several Gulf states are considering an overland pipeline that could carry Saudi oil across the desert, through Israel and onwards to Mediterranean ports.

It would effectively create a new export route, bypassing both Hormuz and the Red Sea. And the potential consequences go far beyond energy, because the project could force longtime regional enemies into unprecedented cooperation.

Israel's Energy Minister Eli Cohen has revealed details of the proposal. He said Gulf countries do not want their main source of income to depend on Iran or the Houthis and argued that "the best route is through the State of Israel".

One possible plan would begin at Saudi Arabia's huge oil fields, potentially around Yanbu, before running across the desert to Eilat on Israel's Red Sea coast. From there, the oil could enter the 163-mile Trans-Israel Pipeline, built in the late 1960s, and continue north towards Ashkelon on the Mediterranean.

Tankers could then carry the oil towards European markets. If completed, the route would provide Gulf producers with a way around two of the world's most important maritime chokepoints.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has embraced the idea, arguing that pipelines running west through the Arabian Peninsula and Israel could permanently remove the need to rely on Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb.

But there is a huge obstacle: Saudi Arabia and Israel do not even have formal diplomatic relations. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has repeatedly accused Israel of genocide over the deaths of 70,000 Palestinians in Gaza since 2023, while Riyadh insists normal relations depend on the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

Israel has categorically rejected that condition. So how could the two countries suddenly cooperate on a vast piece of strategic energy infrastructure?

Behind the scenes, however, a US- and Israel-backed push to bring Israel closer to its former regional enemies is already under way. Energy is at the heart of that effort, with Israel's offshore natural gas discoveries already turning it into a significant regional exporter.

The United Arab Emirates' sovereign wealth unit, Mubadala Energy, has invested $1bn (£750m) in Israel's Tamar gas field. Egypt and Jordan are also now dependent on Israeli gas, creating another layer of energy interdependence across the region.

Saudi Arabia remains the much bigger prize. Riyadh has consistently tied normalisation with Israel to Palestinian statehood, but pressure has increased following a landmark 30-year US-Saudi agreement on developing a civilian nuclear programme.

Donald Trump announced after the deal was signed that he was making the agreement conditional on Saudi Arabia normalising relations with Israel. That could create pressure for Riyadh to formalise ties and potentially open the door to projects such as a shared oil pipeline.

Israel's energy ministry is openly enthusiastic. It said regional connectivity is extremely important and described turning Israel into an "energy bridge between East and West" as a fundamental part of its vision.

Saudi Aramco, however, was far less forthcoming. The state oil giant declined to comment on the proposal.

Even if the diplomacy succeeds, experts warn that a pipeline would not magically solve the Gulf's export crisis. Claire Jungman of energy consultancy Vortexa described pipelines as a "pressure valve, not a replacement", stressing that the Gulf's oil industry depends overwhelmingly on tankers.

Crude flows through Hormuz fell 90 per cent to below 1.5 million barrels a day in May before recovering to 5.3 million in July. Pipelines are currently filling less than half of that gap, and they move nowhere near the full volume of oil that normally passes through the region's maritime routes.

Gas presents an even bigger problem. Pipelines can replace very little of the lost gas-export capacity, according to Jungman.

There is also a glaring security weakness. Israel's Eilat and Ashkelon pipeline terminals have already been attacked by missiles and drones launched by Iran and the Houthis.

Eilat handled so few ships last year that the port was forced to shut down, leaving current flows through the Trans-Israel Pipeline close to zero. Refineries around Ashkelon, just four miles from Gaza, have also been targeted by rockets.

Michael Carolan of Argus Media believes diversifying export routes makes sense, but warned that pipelines are no guarantee of safety. The war has demonstrated the danger of relying on a single export route, but expanding pipelines could simply create another highly visible target for enemies to attack.

Saudi Arabia's existing East-West pipeline to Yanbu has allowed exports to continue at reduced levels. Even with Houthi threats around Bab-el-Mandeb, Saudi Arabia can still send oil towards the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal and Sumed pipeline.

Yet the crisis has exposed just how vulnerable the Gulf's energy system remains. With Hormuz and Bab-el-Mandeb increasingly dangerous, Saudi Arabia and its neighbours may have little choice but to consider routes that would once have seemed politically unthinkable.

A Saudi-Israeli pipeline remains far from reality. It would require major engineering work, a diplomatic breakthrough and protection for infrastructure that has already come under attack.

But the pressure is building. If the maritime chokepoints remain threatened, the pipeline could become more than an ambitious energy project — it could become a test of whether economic necessity can finally overcome some of the Middle East's deepest political divisions.

The Israeli oil pipeline that could solve the energy crisis - AOL

cyprus is starting a gas supply to europe pretty soon

14 hours ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Is money all you people think about ?

Stingy : "What about the money and how much it will cost ".

Thats why people don't like you, always going on about money all the time

Quite natural given who Israel will expect to pay the bill.

Time they got off the American tax payer’s tit.