Before the war in Iran, roughly 15 million barrels of Persian Gulf oil were shipped each day through the Strait of Hormuz. The war has been a wake-up call for Gulf oil producers, who are determined to become less dependent on a transit point that hugs Iran's coast. The ambitious timeline "has only become feasible against the backdrop of the Strait of Hormuz blockade," Kpler's Grabenwöger said. From there it would be exported via the Red Sea or the Suez Canal to Asia and beyond. A map shows major routes for energy resources and other trade from the Middle East to Asia, including the Bab el-Mandeb strait and the Strait of Hormuz.