Bahraini King, Saudi Crown Prince inaugurate new Aramco-BAPCO oil pipeline

The new oil pipeline will pump at a current rate of 220,000 barrels per day, with a maximum capacity of 350,000 bpd. (SPA)

Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Monday 26 November 2018

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Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inaugurated the new oil pipeline with Saudi-Bahraini cooperation between Saudi Aramco and Bahrain’s Petroleum Company (BAPCO).

The new oil pipeline will pump at a current rate of 220,000 barrels per day, with a maximum capacity of 350,000 bpd, with a length of 110 km, connecting the Saudi Abqaiq factories in the eastern province with the Bahraini BAPCO refineries.

Bahrain’s Minister of Oil Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa gave a speech in which he reviewed the two countries’ cooperation in the oil field.