The pipeline will feed the southern Iranian provinces of Khuzestan and Bushehr; it also raises the prospect of Iran beginning gas exports to Kuwait. Iran has set ambitious objectives for its gas sector, and has managed to raise its 2007 production to 169bn cum, and the country plans to increase its output approximately five fold to 617.5bn cum/yr by 2020. The target, if achieved, would allow the country to become the third largest gas producer in the world.