East-West Pipeline

Pumping Station No. 2 east of Riyadh appears to have been hit again. Oct 4 satellite imagery shows smoke stretching 50km from the site. Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline was still recovering from September.

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Oil exports have restarted on Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, the line that moves crude from the Eastern Province fields to the Red Sea coast, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.

Saudi Arabia has restarted its East-West oil pipeline and is preparing to resume crude exports from Yanbu port later Tuesday.

Bypass works are underway around Saudi Arabia's damaged pumping stations to get oil moving again to the Yanbu terminal on the Red Sea. Satellite imagery shows the East-West pipeline repairs moving fast.

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Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia is working to bring back about half the capacity of its East-West oil pipeline within days, bypassing a section damaged in drone attacks last week. Saudi Aramco is aiming for a full return to capacity in roughly six weeks. The line has become a key alternative to the disrupted Strait of Hormuz.

Crude loadings at Yanbu, Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port, have stopped. The kingdom shut its East-West pipeline days earlier after a Houthi attack, shipping industry sources told Reuters.

Saudi Arabia's key East-West Pipeline could remain mostly offline for three to five weeks after Friday's drone strikes, AP reports. It may run at reduced capacity, though officials could not say how much oil would flow.

Up to 4% of global supply is at risk. Buyers and traders say the kingdom could run out of exportable stocks unless the damaged pumping station restarts within days. Satellite photos released Sunday show it charred and badly damaged.

Several drones launched from Iraq targeted Saudi Arabia’s East-West Pipeline in the Riyadh and Madinah regions, causing injuries and damage, Saudi Arabia says.

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Saudi Arabia shuts down East-West Pipeline as precaution after Thursday attacks in Riyadh and Madinah injured several people.

CNN is reporting that the Saudi East-West oil pipeline was attacked using “drones originating from Iraq”.

Meaning that this attack was likely carried out by Iranian-aligned militias in Iraq, opening a new front in the war.

It’s not yet clear how long it would take to repair the damage, sources said to CNN.

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Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry says Iranian strikes cut roughly 600,000 barrels per day of production, while damage to the East-West Pipeline reduced throughput by about 700,000 barrels per day.