Saudi East-West Oil Pipeline Is Said to Be Flowing as Normal
Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline is operating normally, people familiar with the matter said, after reports that it had suffered a further attack.
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Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline is operating normally, people familiar with the matter said, after reports that it had suffered a further attack.
It is learnt that the two Foreign Ministers deliberated on the escalating tensions in West Asia, especially the attacks on a critical Saudi Arabian oil pipeline by Houthi militants
Saudi Arabia shut down its crucial East-West pipeline after it was attacked on Thursday, threatening an important alternative route for crude exports from the Gulf. Iraq has chosen not to retaliate, its foreign ministry said. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog.
Iraq removes a military commander and opens investigations into the attack that came from an area bordering Iran.
Saudi Arabia has shut its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack. Riyadh says the attack originated in Iraq.
Saudi Arabia said it closed its East-West oil pipeline, a key alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz, following multiple attacks on Thursday. The conduit was shut as a precautionary measure, the Ministry of Energy said on Friday in a post on social media. The attacks caused several injuries and emergency teams are taking steps to secure the pipeline and assess its safety, the ministry said. Fighting has intensified across the Middle East in recent days. Yemen-based Houthis said they targeted...