Siemens Energy's Contingency Planning for Strait of Hormuz Disruption Reshapes Middle East Trade Routes
By
Paul Burkhardt, Omar El Chmouri, Marilen Martin
Half-baked but well-meaning. A passing snack.
Summary
A year after the US-Israel and Iran war, Siemens Energy AG proactively studied an alternative overland route across Saudi Arabia from Jeddah to Dammam to bypass the Strait of Hormuz if it were shut down. The company sent a person to drive the nearly 2,000-kilometer route, compiling a 250-page analysis on trucking massive gas turbines across the desert. Less than a year later, those contingency plans were activated as the Hormuz halt forced a major rewiring of Middle East trade routes.
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The German company commissioned the person to take readings along the almost 2,000-kilometer (1,240-mile) route to compile a 250-page document analyzing whether it was possible to truck massive gas turbines across the desert to its facilities in Dammam.
Less than a year later, those plans were put into action as the Hormuz halt forced a major rewiring of Middle East trade routes.
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