Saudi Arabia temporarily shut the roughly 750-mile pipeline as attacks threaten a key alternative to the Strait of Hormuz.

The pipeline has played a key role in Saudi Arabia’s ability to continue exporting oil following the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz.

Satellite images showed smoke rising near Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline, one of the kingdom’s key energy assets, Reuters has reported.

Pipeline has been shut 'as a precautionary measure', Saudi energy ministry says