new pipeline to pump oil from Saudi Arabia to Bahrain

Aramco announced in a statement the start of the AB-4 pipeline, a new phase of the Saudi-Bahrain pipeline project, explaining that the new pipeline capacity is 350,000 barrels per day.
Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) said that the two companies will transfer the full supply of crude oil to the new pipeline in the coming months, so that the new line replaces the old line gradually and according to a fixed schedule.
According to Aramco's statement, the new pipeline diameter is 30 inches long and 112 kilometers long, starts from Saudi Aramco facilities in Abqaiq and ends at Bapco refinery in Bahrain.
The pipeline consists of three parts: a 42-kilometer-long Saudi land, a 28-kilometer-long Bahraini, and a 42-kilometer underwater section.
The new pipeline is equipped with state-of-the-art electronic equipment to ensure safety, environmental protection and reliable hydrocarbon supplies in the coming decades. The operation of the new pipeline coincided with the final isolation of the old pipe system successfully according to safety and safety standards, after providing Bapco crude oil for 73 years .
"The operation of the AB-4 pipeline is a new chapter in the special relationship between Saudi Aramco and Bahrain's Bapco, in several areas including the energy sector, which has been booming for more than 73 years," said Abdullah Al-Mansoor, Acting CEO of Aramco Pipeline Distribution and Distribution.
Saudi Aramco is the world's leading integrated company in the field of energy and chemicals. The company produces one in eight barrels of the world's oil supplies while developing new energy technologies. Saudi Aramco sets its sights on the reliability and sustainability of its resources. To promote stability and long-term growth around the world.