"Riyadh In Difficult Position": Saudis Shutter Critical East-West Pipeline After Drone Attacks

"Riyadh In Difficult Position": Saudis Shutter Critical East-West Pipeline After Drone Attacks Saudi Arabia temporarily shut its 7 million-barrel-a-day East-West pipeline following multiple drone attacks, exposing a massive vulnerability in a critical export route used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz during more than six months of US-Iran conflict. The closure puts new pressure on Saudi oil exports as the pipeline designed to bypass the Hormuz chokepoint becomes a target. The Energy Ministry described the shutdown as precautionary while emergency crews secured the pipeline and assessed its safety. The oil pumping station...