After Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia built the East-West pipeline at the behest of the United States to transport oil from the Persian Gulf to Yanbu in the western Hijaz and export it from there.
After Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia built the East-West pipeline at the behest of the United States to transport oil from the Persian Gulf to Yanbu in the western Hijaz and export it from there.