Saudi pipeline outage threatens 4 pct of global oil supply
This handout satellite image released by Vantor shows a view of a pumping station along the general route of Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline (Petroline) in al-Mesabaah, southeast of Medina, on October 29, 2025. (AFP Photo / Satellite image ©2026 Vantor)
Saudi Arabia risks running out of oil stocks used for exports within days unless its East-West pipeline restarts, threatening up to 4 percent of global supply, oil buyers and traders told Reuters.
The pipeline, shut after drone attacks last week, had been carrying around 4 million barrels per day to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.
It has allowed the kingdom to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, where the war has severely disrupted shipping.
