The 48-inch pipe was built during the Iran-Iraq war in the early 1980s when both sides were attacking tankers in the Gulf to transport oil as part of the so-called East-West petroline system of pipelines. 这条直径48英寸的管道建于上世纪80年代初的两伊战争期间当时伊朗和伊拉克都在攻击对方在海湾地区的油轮作为所谓“东西输油管道系统”的一部分,用于运输石油。