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Saudi Arabia Restarts Crude Loadings at Yanbu After East-West Pipeline Drone-Strike Shutdown

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id 9e08507c-acdf-435e-a451-51f2965f4371.

Where
Yanbu portresolved to facility24.080, 38.066
When
Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-09-28 · last update 2026-10-06
Sourcing
15 reports15 reports across 14 outlets · independence not established
How far this got
pinpointedlocated to facilityOptical coverageSub-metre commercial imagery was recommended; Sentinel-2 is the closest we carry at 10 m, so small objects will not resolve.

Summary

Saudi Arabia has resumed crude oil loadings at the Red Sea port of Yanbu after the East-West pipeline, shut following drone strikes on September 10 or 11, returned to partial service in late September. Reports say at least 3.5 million barrels a day were flowing by late September, about half of the pipeline's 7 million barrel-a-day capacity, with full capacity estimated to take weeks. Nine tankers reportedly loaded about 12.5 million barrels since the restart. Accounts differ on the attacker: some attribute the strike to Ansar Allah or Houthi militants, others say drones were launched from Iraq. Reports say the pipeline bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping remains at risk during the Iran war, and that Saudi exports through Hormuz have risen. Oil prices were reported above $100 a barrel amid stalled US-Iran talks, with Brent around $106.72 in one report.

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What remains unresolved

  • located to facility

Timeline

20 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

    20 change(s) before the history shown here.

    Sources

    Grouped by outlet. Syndication is not collapsed, so several outlets can carry one wire story — the count is breadth of carriage, not independent confirmation.

    15 reports in all; the full list with the facts taken from each is part of the event detail on Pro.

    Related events

    305 related event(s) and 8 place(s) or facilities — the same facility, place, actor or campaign. Part of the event detail on Pro.

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