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Saudi Aramco Restarts Yanbu Crude Loading After Pipeline Repair

By Drooid · Sep 29, 2026, 10:27 PM UTC · How we work

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Saudi Aramco resumed loading crude at Yanbu after repairing the East-West pipeline.
A drone attack on September 10, reportedly by Iran-backed forces in Iraq, halted the pipeline.
The 1,200-km pipeline, capable of 7 million barrels per day, is now flowing about 3.5 million bpd.
Saudi crude loadings at Ras Tanura rose to 6.5 million barrels per day, up from 1.5 million early September.

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Saudi Aramco resumed loading crude at Yanbu after repairing the East-West pipeline.
A drone attack on September 10, reportedly by Iran-backed forces in Iraq, halted the pipeline.
The 1,200-km pipeline, capable of 7 million barrels per day, is now flowing about 3.5 million bpd.
Saudi crude loadings at Ras Tanura rose to 6.5 million barrels per day, up from 1.5 million early September.