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Saudi Arabia resumes Red Sea crude loadings at Yanbu after East-West pipeline drone damage

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 loadings at the Yanbu terminal on the Red Sea after the East-West pipeline, shut after drone strikes around September 10-11, returned to partial service in late September. Reports differ on the pipeline's throughput: one says flows reached at least 3.5 million barrels a day, about half of its 7 million barrel-a-day capacity, while another says loadings at Yanbu stand near 2 million barrels a day. Tankers have loaded crude since the restart, and sources say full pipeline capacity could take several weeks to restore. Reports attribute the attacks to drones launched from Iraq or by Ansar Allah (Houthis); the reports do not agree on the source. The restart is expected to add to global supply and to ease pressure on oil prices, which were above $100 a barrel amid stalled US-Iran talks over the Strait of Hormuz. Shipping in the region remains at risk.

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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

    45 related event(s) and 7 place(s) or facilities — the same facility, place, actor or campaign. Part of the event detail on Pro.

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