Saudi energy minister says the East-West pipeline is back to 5.8 million barrels a day after September drone strikes
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Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said at a forum in Manama that flows through the East-West pipeline to the Red Sea port of Yanbu had reached 5.8 million barrels a day, and that use resumed within five or six days of a major attack in September that Saudi officials blamed on Iraqi militias, Al Jazeera reported. The pipeline lets the kingdom bypass the Strait of Hormuz.
- When
- 6 October 2026
- Where
- Manama, Bahrain
- What
- other
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- Not attributed
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- Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · backfilled
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- Origin of the claim Al Jazeera
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