Satellite images show extent of damage to Saudi Arabia’s oil pipeline that bypasses Strait of Hormuz - CNBC
Satellite images show extent of damage to Saudi Arabia’s oil pipeline that bypasses Strait of Hormuz - CNBC
Source: CNBC
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DW NOTE
Saudi Arabia built the East-West Pipeline precisely so it wouldn't have to rely on Hormuz. Now that Hormuz has been closed for seven months and oil is at $100, someone has taken out the bypass. The Kingdom has no alternative export route for its Eastern Province crude. This isn't a tactical strike — it's a chokepoint inside a chokepoint.