Saudi East-West Oil Pipeline Halted Again After Attack on Pumping Station

Oil flows through Saudi Arabia’s critical East-West pipeline have been halted again following a fresh attack on a pumping station east of Riyadh, according to AFP.

A source working in Saudi Arabia’s energy sector said the attack struck a pumping station in Khurais that had not previously been targeted.

“There was big damage and the pipeline stopped again,” the source told AFP.

The development comes after Yemen’s Houthis said they had targeted Saudi Aramco facilities, including infrastructure in Khurais.

The roughly 1,200-kilometer East-West pipeline carries crude oil from Saudi Arabia’s eastern oil fields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu and has become increasingly important as regional conflict disrupts traditional Gulf export routes.

The pipeline had already suffered previous attacks and disruptions in recent weeks.