The 750-mile pipeline carries crude from eastern Saudi Arabia to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, avoiding shipping disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz.
The East-West pipeline—which can carry up to 7 million barrels of oil a day—came under attack as Middle East violence continued to flare.
Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline after the vital oil conduit came under aerial attack in the widening Middle East war.
Saudi Arabia has temporarily shut its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack on the key crude conduit, as Iran-aligned Houthi forces tightened their grip on Red Sea shipping routes, Reuters ...
Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was struck by drones launched from Iraq, the latest squeeze on Middle Eastern supplies after attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels this week ...
CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Friday it shut down a major pipeline a day after it was attacked by drones, and Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island at the southern entrance ...
Satellite imagery shows a black plume of smoke across the desert between Medina and Mahd adh Dhahab.
The move pinches oil supply, putting upward force on gas prices, analysts said.
Saudi Arabia shut down a critical oil pipeline Thursday after it was set on fire by repeated strikes — while the Iran-backed Houthis seized control of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, tightening their grip ...
Saudi Arabia, long the king of the global energy industry with its dominance of OPEC and OPEC-Plus, has found itself unpleasantly embroiled in the Middle East conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis ...
Saudi Arabia temporarily shut the roughly 750-mile pipeline as attacks threaten a key alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.
Saudi exports are rising despite escalating attacks on its infrastructure from Iran-backed militants in Yemen and Iraq.