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Saudi Arabia resumes East-West Pipeline operations after drone strikes, restoring Red Sea oil exports

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 2026-09-30
Sourcing
14 reports14 reports across 13 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 restarted its East-West Pipeline and resumed oil loadings at the Red Sea port of Yanbu following drone attacks that shut down the critical export route on September 10-11. The pipeline, which typically carries 4-7 million barrels daily and allows Saudi Arabia to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, was damaged in strikes that reports attribute to Iraqi militants or Ansar Allah (Houthis). Operations resumed at reduced capacity, with flows reaching approximately 2-3.5 million barrels per day by late September. About 12.5 million barrels were loaded by nine tankers in the first days of resumption. Full restoration to normal capacity is expected to take six to eight weeks due to damage to three pumping stations. The pipeline's restart provides an alternative export route during the Iran war and offers supply options to international customers, particularly in Europe and Asia, though the Red Sea corridor remains vulnerable to Houthi attacks.

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  • located to facility

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19 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.

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    Related events

    152 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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