Graphic toont details van de mondiale olie-knelpunten, en de pijplijnen die de Straat van Hormuz omzeilen.
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Olie-export-alternatieven voor de Straat van Hormuz

May 23, 2019 - Door de Straat van Hormuz – een belangrijke olieslagader die producenten in het Midden-Oosten verbindt met de markt in Azië, Europa, Noord-Amerika en elders – wordt bijna eenderde van alle overzeese olie vervoerd.

On average, almost 16.8 million barrels of seaborne oil passed through the narrow waterway each day in 2018.

With global oil consumption standing at about 100 million bpd, that means almost a fifth passes through the Strait, according to Reuters.

Most crude exported from Saudi Arabia, Iran, the UAE, Kuwait and Iraq – all members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) – is shipped through the waterway.

It is also the route used for nearly all the liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced by the world’s biggest LNG exporter, Qatar.

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PUBLISHED: 24/05/2019; STORY: Graphic News; PICTURES: Getty Images
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