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Saudi Arabia restarts East-West oil pipeline, to resume exports from Yanbu, sources say

Aramco is restoring flows to 4 million barrels per day as traders move tankers for renewed Red Sea loadings, sources said.

  • On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia restarted its East-West Pipeline after a nine-day shutdown caused by drone attacks, restoring a critical export route bypassing the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The pipeline reroutes around 4 million barrels per day—4 per cent of global supply—to Yanbu since the US-Israeli war on Iran disrupted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Brent crude futures fell more than $2 a barrel to their lowest since September 8, while Saudi Aramco moved tankers to Egypt's Port Said and Sidi Kerir for ship-to-ship transfers.
  • Iran claimed it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz in seven days if reaching a diplomatic deal with the US, while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent threatened to "shut down" Iranian airlines and sanction countries receiving them.
  • Aramco seeks to return to full pumping capacity in about six weeks, while President Donald Trump said he remains in a "deciding mode" and "very big things" about the war will take place soon.
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Saudi Arabia is set to reopen its East-West pipeline, a key alternative route for exporting oil past the Strait of Hormuz. The pipeline was shut down after being targeted by drones and satellite images showed part of the infrastructure had been completely destroyed.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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SAUDI Arabia has restarted the East-West oil pipeline and could resume exports from the Red Sea port of Yanbu later in the day, three sources familiar with the situation said.

·Zagreb, Croatia
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According to insiders, Saudi Arabia is reopening its important east-west pipeline damaged after drone attacks. Oil exports via the port of Janbu at the Red Sea could be resumed on Tuesday.

·Vienna, Austria
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La Repubblica broke the news in Rome, Italy on Monday, September 21, 2026.
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