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article rendering starts here --><div class="grid-8 alpha"><!--section heading--><img src="Study%20calls%20for%20950-kilometre%20canal%20bypassing%20Hormuz%20%7C%20GulfNews.com_files/p.gif" alt=""><!-- Map varilables values --><input id="lat" value="$b" type="hidden"><input id="lon" value="$c" type="hidden"><!-- for portrait image--><div class="grid-6 alpha"><article class="lead-story news" itemtype="http://schema.org/Article" itemscope=""><h1 class="article-page story-title" itemprop="name"><a>Study calls for 950-kilometre canal bypassing Hormuz</a></h1><p class="caption">Canal would help navigation, revive Empty Quarter</p><!-- if of uploadFileSrc for portrait Image--><div class="meta"><span class="time" itemprop="datePublished">Published: 14:29 September 10, 2015 </span><a href="http://gulfnews.com/" class="source"><img title="Gulf News" alt="Gulf News" src="Study%20calls%20for%20950-kilometre%20canal%20bypassing%20Hormuz%20%7C%20GulfNews.com_files/1784965892.png"></a><div class="author" itemtype="http://www.schema.org/Person" itemscope="" itemprop="author"><span itemprop="name">By Habib ToumiBureau Chief</span></div></div><!-- add to gn section starts here--><div class="addto-gn clearfix"><span><a class="label" href="#"></a></span><!-- Follow us module starts here--><div class="follow-us f-right"><h3>share</h3><a target="_blank" class="rss" title="Rss Feed" href="http://gulfnews.com/gnmedia/rss">Rss</a><a class="facebook addthis_button_facebook at300b" title="Share on facebook" href="#"><span class="at16nc at300bs at15nc at15t_facebook at16t_facebook"><span class="at_a11y">Share on facebook</span></span>Share on facebook</a><a class="twitter addthis_button_twitter at300b" title="Share on twitter" href="#"><span class="at16nc at300bs at15nc at15t_twitter at16t_twitter"><span class="at_a11y">Share on twitter</span></span>Share on twitter</a><a class="gplus addthis_button_google_plusone_share at300b" title="Add on google plus" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=300&amp;winname=addthis&amp;pub=ra-51a4970627e2949f&amp;source=tbx-300&amp;lng=en-us&amp;s=google_plusone_share&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.dubai.flipdevnet.com%2Fgul006%2Fassets_html%2Fdev%2F091_gul006_opinion_thinker_article_v1.html&amp;title=Business%20%7C%20Gulfnews&amp;ate=AT-ra-51a4970627e2949f/-/-/53141351a381f50f/3&amp;frommenu=1&amp;uid=53141351474f349a&amp;ufbl=1&amp;ct=1&amp;tt=0&amp;captcha_provider=recaptcha" target="_blank"><span class="at16nc at300bs at15nc at15t_google_plusone_share at16t_google_plusone_share"><span class="at_a11y">Share on google_plusone_share</span></span>Add on google plus</a><a class="email addthis_button_email at300b" title="Send Email to Friend" href="#" target="_blank"><span class="at16nc at300bs at15nc at15t_email at16t_email"><span class="at_a11y">Share on email</span></span>Send Email to Friend</a><a class="addthis addthis_button_expanded at300m" title="Addthis" href="#" target="_blank"><span class="at16nc at300bs at15nc at15t_expanded at16t_expanded"><span class="at_a11y">More Sharing Services</span></span>Addthis</a><a style="display: inline-block;" class="addthis_counter addthis_bubble_style" title="Addthis" href="#"></a></div><!-- Follow us module ends here--></div><!-- add to gn section ends here--><!-- To count the number of paraghraphs--><div class="wrapper-details"><!--check paragraphs count to be less than 10--><!-- Pull Quote Element after 2nd paragraph--><!-- Adtech Element after 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th paragraph--><!-- Related links for existing articles having less than 6 paragraphs--><!--PSTYLE=WTX Web Text--><p>Manama: A 950-kilometre water canal connecting the Arabian Gulf with the Arabian Sea has been suggested by a Saudi study.</p><p>According
to the project by the Riyadh-based Arab Century Centre for Studies, the
canal will be 630 kilometres in Saudi Arabia and 320 kilometres in
Yemen and will reduce by half the distance ships are currently taking by
passing through the Strait of Hormuz.</p><blockquote class="f-left"><em>“The
canal will add 1,200km of clean and splendid coasts in the Empty
Quarter and will have 20 tunnels for cars and pedestrians on the Saudi
side, while it will add 700km of waterfront to Yemen and revive the
desert areas in the east of the country.”</em><footer>-Saad Bin Omar, Head, Arab Century Centre for Studies</footer><a id="addthis-twitter-button" class="btn-tweet addthis_button_twitter" href="http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/saudi-arabia/study-calls-for-950-kilometre-canal-bypassing-hormuz-1.1581884" addthis:title="">Tweet this</a></blockquote><!--quote-module--><p>“It
will be 150-metre wide and 25 metres deep,” Saad Bin Omar, the head of
the centre, said. “The canal will have a main course across Saudi Arabia
and Yemen; however, we have thought of Oman as an alternative for Yemen
if the country suffers political instability,” he said.</p><p>Kuwait,
Qatar, and the UAE could export their oil through this canal up to the
Arabian Sea, thus avoiding the Strait of Hormuz, he added.</p><p>According to the map, the canal will begin in the area near Bahrain and Qatar or in western UAE.</p><div id="ad_5727790" class="in-article advert mod" style="clear:both"></div><p><img src="Study%20calls%20for%20950-kilometre%20canal%20bypassing%20Hormuz%20%7C%20GulfNews.com_files/311406573.jpg" style="width: 100%;"></p><p>“The
canal will also revive the Empty Quarter through the construction of
two industrial cities, three residential towns, hotels and tourism
resorts in its banks. Saudi Arabia will also achieve self-sufficiency in
the fish sector thanks to pisciculture and fish farming in connected
bays. In addition, there will be projects for energy generation, water
desalination, residence building,” he said.</p><p>“The canal will add
1,200 kilometres of clean and splendid coasts in the Empty Quarter and
will have 20 tunnels for cars and pedestrians on the Saudi side, while
it will add 700 kilometres of waterfront to Yemen and revive the desert
areas in the east of the country. The project will offer one million
jobs to Yemenis,” he added.</p><p>A major obstacle in digging the canal will be the high elevations, he said.</p><p>“The
highest altitude on the Saudi side will be 300 metres above sea level,
but in Yemen or Oman, some sites will be 700 metres high,” he said.</p><p>Initial financial estimates for the mega project are around $80 billion (Dh294 billion).</p><p>“The study suggests the formation of an independent authority from the two countries with a shared capital,” he said.</p><p>However, he said that the project could be launched soon.</p><p>“Many
Saudi companies are about to complete their projects and they have the
necessary machines, skills and manpower. I believe digging the canal can
be done within five years,” he said.</p><p>The study said the project should be called Salman Canal.</p><p>“We
initially wanted to call it Arab Canal, but we agreed to name it Salman
Canal, after the king of Saudi Arabia. We hope the project will be
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