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ADNOC to Double Fujairah Oil Export Capacity with West-East 1 Pipeline by 2027
ADNOC is fast-tracking construction of a new pipeline that will double its export capacity through Fujairah outside the Strait of Hormuz. Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan chaired a board meeting reviewing the project as the UAE, which left OPEC on May 1, 2026, seeks to expand production amid regional disruptions.
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The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company plans to have the West-East 1 Pipeline operational in 2027, doubling its oil export capacity through Fujairah, which sits outside the Strait of Hormuz. The Abu Dhabi Media Office issued a statement on Friday detailing the project, which is already under construction.
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, chaired a meeting of the Executive Committee of ADNOC’s Board of Directors that reviewed updates on the new West-East Pipeline project.
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan called for faster delivery of the pipeline to meet rising global energy demand. "ADNOC is well positioned as a responsible and reliable global energy producer, with the operational flexibility to responsibly increase production to meet market needs when export constraints allow," he said during the meeting. 8 million barrels per day.
The West-East 1 Pipeline will double ADNOC’s export capacity through the Emirate of Fujairah once it becomes operational in 2027. The UAE quit OPEC effective May 1, 2026, after having been a member since 1967. The country had long sought greater flexibility to produce more of its growing spare capacity, having quarreled with fellow members over output quotas.
The UAE has targeted a crude oil production capacity of 5 million barrels per day by 2027. 9 million barrels per day. Before the war, the UAE was producing just over 3 million barrels per day.
1 million barrels per day. The acceleration of the West-East 1 Pipeline comes as global energy supplies remain under pressure and flows through the Strait of Hormuz stay severely limited. The project will allow ADNOC to expand exports from ports on the Gulf of Oman coast independent of the chokepoint.
The UAE and Saudi Arabia remain the only Gulf producers with pipelines exporting crude outside the Strait of Hormuz. Oman maintains a long coastline on the Gulf of Oman but lacks comparable export infrastructure bypassing the strait. The new pipeline could not come at a better time as the UAE pursues its national interests unhindered by OPEC or OPEC+ restrictions.
