The UAE pipeline, with a capacity of 1.5 million barrels per day, would
reach Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman, Middle East Newsline reported. IPIC said the project would be completed
by 2011.
Other GCC states have also examined pipelines that would avoid the use
of cargo tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. One proposal was for the
modernization of a pipeline from Kuwait through Saudi Arabia.