Aramco Restores East-West Pipeline as War Risk Closes In on Yanbu
Saudi Aramco has restarted its East-West pipeline (Petroline) less than two weeks after attacks knocked out the 7 million bpd system, restoring at least some of the route that has carried the bulk of Saudi crude around the Strait of Hormuz since the war began. Pumping has resumed at reduced rates, w
Source: OilPrice.com
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DW NOTE
Aramco mothballed the East-West Pipeline in 2021 after decades of underuse. Now, with the Strait of Hormuz shut and Yanbu on the Red Sea the only viable Saudi export route, they've restarted it. When geopolitics forces you to resurrect infrastructure you already wrote off, you've run out of alternatives.