Saudi Arabia shuts East-West crude pipeline after attacks

Filled up the car this morning--$5.59/gal, up from $5.55 yesterday. Haven't seen anything over $6/gal for regular with cash yet, but only a matter of time. Wonder how much the shattered Saudi pipeline and the growing Houthi stranglehold on the Bab al-Mandab will add. Happy happy joy joy.

BREAKING NEWS: Saudi Arabia shut down East-West crude oil pipeline after multiple attacks | CNBC www.cnbc.com/amp/2026/09/...

BREAKING: Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels captured a strategic island along the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Friday, further threatening Saudi oil. Saudi Arabia has responded by closing a major cross-country oil pipeline as “a precautionary measure.” apnews.com/article/yeme...

of the targeting of the East West pipeline in the Riyadh and Madinah regions by several drones that came from Iraq, which resulted in human injuries and some damage that is currently being addressed.

Saudi Arabia shuts down East–West Pipeline after multiple attacks. www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2674017

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Saudi Arabia has reported a drone attack originating from Iraqi territory on the "East-West" oil pipeline. As a result, its operation has been suspended, and there are casualties. Riyadh is not yet planning a response, awaiting Baghdad's reaction, according to Al Jazeera.

BREAKING: Saudi Arabia says drone attack that targeted the key East-West oil pipeline came from Iraq

Iraq has ordered an investigation after Saudi Arabia said drones launched from Iraq targeted the East-West pipeline, with an Iraqi army spokesperson saying that "the state will not tolerate any activity that puts Iraq or its relations with brotherly and friendly countries at risk."

Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry says it has temporarily shut down the East-West oil pipeline as a precautionary measure after several attacks on the pipeline in the Riyadh and Medina regions on Thursday. The attacks also resulted in several injuries. @Megatron_ron

"The Saudi foreign ministry said the pipeline had been hit by drones from Iraq and added that the kingdom would not retaliate “at this stage” after a request from the Iraqi prime minister."

CNN confirms that the Saudi East-West pipeline has been HIT at the pumping stations. This is a genuinely catastrophic as the East-West Pipeline is one of THE key reasons that the global energy markets have been able to survive the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Gas & Diesel going way up now

U.S. officials have confirmed that Saudi Aramco's East-West Pipeline - the key bypass route carrying Gulf oil around the contested Strait of Hormuz - has been damaged in a Houthi strike. Satellite imaging analysis shows clear and substantial impacts at two pumping stations.

Drone strike destroys the Saudi Al Mesba’ah East-West Pipeline pumping station The Saudi Ministry of Energy confirmed the attack forced the closure of both pipelines that bypass the Strait of Hormuz. On the same day, Houthi militants seized control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

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