Drone Strikes Hit Saudi Arabia’s Vital East-West Oil Pipeline
Saudi Arabia’s critical East-West oil pipeline system was struck on Thursday, with multiple pumping stations hit in an attack that could threaten one of the kingdom’s most important crude export routes, according to CNN, citing two U.S. officials familiar with the matter. The confirmation comes afte
Source: OilPrice.com
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DW NOTE
Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline exists because the Strait of Hormuz is unreliable. Now someone has reminded Riyadh that bypass routes work until they don't. The pipeline moves 5 million barrels a day from eastern fields to Red Sea export terminals, skirting the blockaded strait. If the strikes are sustained, Saudi Arabia loses both its primary export route and its workaround simultaneously.