March 28 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline,

which circumvents the Strait of Hormuz, is pumping oil at its

full capacity of 7 million barrels a day, Bloomberg News

reported on Saturday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

Crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia's Yanbu port on the Red

Sea have now reached 5 million barrels a day, and the country is

also exporting about 700,000 to 900,000 barrels a day of oil

products, the Bloomberg report said.

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. Saudi

Arabia's Aramco declined to comment.

Aramco CEO Amin Nasser had told reporters earlier in March

on an earnings call that the East-West pipeline was expected to

reach its full capacity of 7 million bpd in the coming days as

customers re-route.

The conflict in the Gulf region, triggered by U.S. and

Israeli attacks on Iran, has unsettled energy and transport

markets and disrupted global shipping.

Iran has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, trapping

roughly a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas

supplies, sending crude oil surging above $100 a barrel.