The 1,200km (745-mile) pipeline has been temporarily closed, affecting up to 5 percent of global oil supply.

Saudi Arabia’s critical East-West oil pipeline system was struck on Thursday, with multiple pumping stations hit in an attack that could threaten one of the kingdom’s most…

watch nowSaudi Arabia shut down its crucial East-West crude oil pipeline as a precautionary measure after multiple attacks, the kingdom's Energy Ministry said Friday in a…

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