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Saudi pipeline outage threatens 4% of global oil supply, traders warn

Mountain Time
Local time
3:16 PM in Riyadh
Where
Saudi Arabia

Buyers and traders told Reuters the East-West pipeline outage could affect about 4% of global oil supply if pumping does not resume within days, with repair estimates of five to six weeks; sources said Saudi Arabia had only five to seven days of oil stored at Yanbu.

Why it matters

With Hormuz largely shut, Yanbu is the kingdom's main export outlet, so a long outage would tighten supply further.

Sources (4)

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Correction

  • Now gives the local time where it happened, 3:16 PM Riyadh time, Sep 13, 2026 (the moment itself is unchanged); corrected the headline (it read "Saudi east-west pipeline remains offline, threatening 4% of global oil supply"); revised the summary; revised the context note; updated the sourcing note; added 3 sources: The Times of Israel live blog, Al Jazeera live blog. Why and evidence