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Saudi Arabia Closes East-West Pipeline as Houthis Tighten Grip on Red Sea

The 1,200-km line moves 4 million to 5 million barrels a day and had been a main export route for six months, officials said.

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Saudi Arabia on Saturday ​shut down the vital East-West pipeline after the conduit came under attack in the widening Middle East war, threatening to send energy prices soaring. The 1,200-km pipeline has served as the main route out for global ​supplies of Middle East oil for the ‌past six months while the Strait of Hormuz has been largely shut by war.

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In the Middle East, the Strait of Hormus is practically closed and the Strait of Bab al-Mandab under control of the Huthi. Now Saudi Arabia has also shut down a very important oil pipeline after attacks. Washington does not want to intervene according to a US medium.

The world's largest crude exporter has suspended operations at a Saudi oil pipeline in Iraq after a drone attack, a move that could send oil prices soaring. Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said it had suspended operations as a precautionary measure, Reuters reported. The 1,200-kilometre east-west pipeline, which runs across the Arabian Peninsula, helps Saudi Arabia bypass the shipping bottleneck in the Strait of Hormuz, where tanker traffic has b…

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The Nation Thailand broke the news in Bangkok, Thailand on Saturday, September 12, 2026.
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