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Saudi pipeline stays shut for weeks, driving oil and bond yields higherReports peg outage at 4% of global oil supply
4 Sep 12 · 11d ago · 51 articles · 3 videos · 70 posts · 22 comments · 8 sources · development 4 of 8
Reuters and satellite analysts detailed the scale of damage to the pumping station, with the closure of the East-West line estimated to threaten about 4 million barrels per day, on top of a possible 9 million bpd risk if Bab al-Mandab were also closed.
“Saudi pipeline outage threatens loss of 4% of global oil supply”
ReutersSaudi Ministry of Energy Pipeline operatorSaudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs Government responseYemen's Houthis (Ansarallah) Alleged attackerIraq Launch-site countryIran Regional actor
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first by Times of Israel, 11d ago · also Globe and Mail, PBS NewsHour, Courthouse News Service, Courthouse News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Associated Press +7
8 more headlines
- Iraq moves to contain fallout from attack on key Saudi oil pipeline Globe and Mail · 11d ago
- Attack on key Saudi pipeline is blamed on Iran-backed militias in Iraq PBS NewsHour · 11d ago
- Iraq confirms attacks on Saudi pipeline originated from Iraqi territory and other Mideast news Courthouse News Service · 11d ago
- Iraq races to contain fallout after local Iran-backed militias accused of attacking Saudi pipeline WTOP News · 11d ago
- Saudi pipeline attack exposes growing power of Iran-backed militias - analysis Jerusalem Post · 11d ago
- Attack that closed key Saudi pipeline blamed on Iran-backed militias in Iraq NY Post · 11d ago
- Attack that closed key Saudi pipeline is blamed on Iran-backed militias in Iraq Boston Globe · 11d ago
- Baghdad confirms attack on Saudi pipeline came from Iraq DW.com · 11d ago
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first by The Hindu, 10d ago · also Middle East Eye, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, Reuters, Straits Times, Channel News Asia +1
2 more headlines
- Four percent of global oil supply at risk due to Saudi pipeline outage Middle East Eye · 10d ago
- Satellite images show extent of damage to major Saudi pipeline, amid global oil supply fears Guardian Business · 10d ago
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Saudi Arabia announces a full shutdown of its East-West crude oil pipeline, which was attacked in multiple locations across the Riyadh and Madinah regions on Thurs morning, with the damage being addressed, per the Ministry of Energy. This comes as initial reports from diplomatic channels say the
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Iraq has seized 15 drone launch platforms as it investigates recent attacks on Saudi Arabia, according to the spokesman for Iraq's commander-in-chief cited by Al Arabiya. Baghdad said it will not allow its territory to be used to target neighboring countries, saying that Iraq
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# BBCNews - Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after drone attack launched from Iraq https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62m93 3465eo
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"Jask and the Caspian links are real. They still don’t do the job you’re assigning them." IRGC never expected them to be 100%, just 10% will do to get themselves moneys "Goreh–Jask skips Hormuz . It dumps at Jask / Kooh Mobarak on the Gulf of Oman . That is still the screen, which is why Energy Intel’s line was Jask can step up and Iran still…
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Funny how US and Israel started the war that made this Saudi pipeline critical, yet Trump blames Iran when it gets hit.
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“Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline has come under attack, apparently from Iraq. # Saudi Energy Ministry announced the pipeline had been shut down after it had sustained a number of attacks.” # Iran has Hormuz. Yesterday, Iran-backed Houthis blocked Red Sea access. Now US-supported Saudis have lost their pipeline. # Trump ’s ‘war’ has now cut off…
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"You’re not defending 10% anymore. You’re defending a gap." And you are defending that blockade is 100% airtight by downplay or denied 10% which is gap itself and treat VLCCs, Khrag, tracker and Hormuz like if it your precious "Claire Jungman at Vortexa said the quiet part: even at peak 2019–20 sanctions, some Iranian crude still cleared every…
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Fact: The shutdown of Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline puts about 4% to 5% of the global oil supply at risk. The pipeline was moving roughly 4 million to 5 million barrels per day before the shutdown.
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⚡ NEWS Baghdad Confirms Iraq Origin of Saudi Pipeline Attack Iraq confirmed that an attack on a Saudi pipeline originated from Iraqi territory. Baghdad faces US pressure to control Iran-backed militias, while Riyadh has stated it will not retaliate and instead urges Iraq to take necessary measures. 📰 https://www. dw.com/en/baghdad-confirms-att…
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"Jungman doesn’t need to stand on the forecastle. Reuters quoted her on Vortexa’s cargo book, the same book that still had 27 sanctioned hulls sitting empty off Sri Lanka because they can’t make the return trip. That’s a data shop describing a stalled cycle, not a boarding party." and how many of ships was there? Iran have like 170 to roughly 400…
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Last week's spike in Brent prices a complete and permanent shutdown of the East-West pipeline in Saudi Arabia. That's not realistic. It'll be offline for a week or so and oil will keep flowing from Yanbu out of its storage tanks. Markets overreacted... robinjbrooks.
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🟠 UPDATE Saudi Arabia and Houthis trade strikes over Bab al-Mandeb Saudi authorities traced the launch site of a drone used to target Saudi oil pipelines to Maysan province in southeastern Iraq, near the Iranian border. 📰 https://www. aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/13/i…
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Jask and the Caspian links are real. They still don’t do the job you’re assigning them. Goreh–Jask skips Hormuz . It dumps at Jask / Kooh Mobarak on the Gulf of Oman . That is still the screen, which is why Energy Intel’s line was Jask can step up and Iran still couldn’t switch terminals enough to save exports. Nameplate got quoted at 300k now and…
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People fleeing Iran-backed rebels’ advance in Yemen describe a ‘hysterical panic’
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"Aramco oil facs in Yanbu🚨were attacked & precisely struck by a suicide drone of the Yemeni armed forces." -IWN # SaudiArabia 🚨could lose up to 4M b/d of exports, ~4% of global supply -if its critical E-W pipeline doesn't restart within days. Saudi storage at Yanbu can sustain exports for only 5-7 days, acc to sources. With repair ests…
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You’re not defending 10% anymore. You’re defending a gap. Claire Jungman at Vortexa said the quiet part: even at peak 2019–20 sanctions, some Iranian crude still cleared every month. What they have not seen since mid-July is that monthly drip. That is the difference between “sanctions always leak” and this stretch. If the molecule wash were…
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👀 per NBC: * Saudi Arabia’s shutdown of key pipeline limits oil flow as Yemen hits back against Houthis *
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Saudi Arabia has shut down its East-West pipeline after it came under attack, threatening to send energy prices even higher. https://www. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/09/ 13/world/saudi-pipeline-houthis-red-sea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon # worldnews # us # donaldtrump # middleeast # iran # straitofhormuz # oil # persiangulf # redsea #…
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Those $5.2 billion and 20 million liters are not your crude export. Iran’s own Economic Security Police (Rahimi, late 2025) said more than 20 million liters of fuel a day walk out, gasoline and diesel sold next door because it is cheap at home. They priced that leak at about $5.2 billion a year . That is a loss to the budget. It is why Tehran is…
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How do we know this? Has Saudi Arabia stopped killing journalists?
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Quitadle el 4 % a lo que ya le hubieseis quitado con Ormuz. "Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn't restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4% of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders said. A further decline in Saudi flows will worsen the global supply crunch, which has…
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The reason they didn’t shoot up is because China cut their imports in half to prop up the global economy. They had ridiculous reserves, and they’re using them now. They did it for a common sense reason as well: since they are an export economy, they need the price to export things to stay low. If no one can afford to buy their products due to high…
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Saudi Arabia has shut its East-West pipeline following attacks, removing a key route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. The closure adds supply disruption pressure to an already tightening market. #Oil prices are likely to see continued upward momentum. 🗞️ ft.com
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Attack on Saudi pipeline blamed on Iran-backed militias in Iraq Attack on key Saudi pipeline is blamed on Iran-backed militias in Iraq BAGHDAD — Iraq’s government raced Saturday… # EuropeSays # Headlines # News # Europe # Europa # EU # Iran # Babel -MandebStrait # cost # East -WestPipeline # gas # Houthis # Iraq # MiddleEast # mideast # militia #…
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