{"id":361312,"date":"2026-04-22T14:32:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=361312"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:32:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T09:02:19","slug":"trans-arabian-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/trans-arabian-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Trans-Arabian Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>With Iran threatening the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE are accelerating efforts to reduce dependence on this chokepoint by expanding alternative infrastructure.<\/p>\n<h2>About Trans-Arabian Pipeline<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/images.indianexpress.com\/2026\/04\/hormuz-horz.jpg?resize=337%2C329&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Trans-Arabian Pipeline\" width=\"337\" height=\"329\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: IE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trans-Arabian Pipeline is a <strong>crude oil pipeline<\/strong> located in <strong>southwestern Asia.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also called the <strong>Tapline<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Operational from:<\/strong> It became <strong>operational in 1947<\/strong> and was <strong>decommissioned<\/strong> in <strong>1990<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was the<strong> longest oil pipeline in the world<\/strong> when it was put into operation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Constructed by:<\/strong> The pipeline was built by a subsidiary of the <strong>Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco).<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Total length:<\/strong> Its total length is <strong>1,213 km.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Route of the pipeline:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <strong>connected the Gulf oilfields with the Mediterranean port of Sidon, Lebanon<\/strong> and<strong> crossed through Jordan and Syria.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The section of the line beyond Jordan <strong>ceased operation in 1976.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pipeline <strong>between Saudi Arabia and Jordan<\/strong> carried small amounts of <strong>oil<\/strong> until it was shut down in 1990.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Importance: <\/strong>It was highly significant in the past as <strong>it served as a major oil transport route<\/strong>, carrying over one-third of Aramco\u2019s production and <strong>enabling efficient export to the Mediterranean.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Beyond its economic role, it <strong>transformed Saudi Arabia\u2019s northern region<\/strong> by driving infrastructure development, improving connectivity, and bringing prosperity to areas along its route.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, it is the<strong> first officially registered industrial heritage site<\/strong> in <strong>Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: With Iran threatening the Strait of Hormuz, Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE are accelerating efforts to reduce dependence on this chokepoint by expanding alternative infrastructure. About Trans-Arabian Pipeline Trans-Arabian Pipeline is a crude oil pipeline located in southwestern Asia. It is also called the Tapline.\u00a0 Operational from: It became operational in&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/trans-arabian-pipeline\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trans-Arabian Pipeline<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-361312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}