The Saudi East-West Pipeline (Petroline) is a roughly 1,200 km Aramco pipeline, commissioned in 1981, that carries crude from Saudi Arabia's eastern fields to…
Through the 1970s, as exports grew, Saudi and Aramco planners grew wary of relying on one maritime exit from the Gulf, pushing toward a west-facing pipeline concept.
Saudi Aramco commissioned the roughly 1,200 km Petroline, with an original design capacity cited around 5 million b/d - letting Saudi crude reach the Red Sea without eve…
Iran and Iraq attacked hundreds of tankers during their eight-year war. Saudi Arabia entered this dangerous period already holding a working Red Sea alternative in Petro…
Armed drones hit two pumping stations, causing a fire and minor damage at Pump Station No. 8. Yemen's Houthi movement said it carried out the strike; Aramco restored ful…
A U.S.-Israel military campaign against Iran repeatedly disrupted Hormuz shipping. By September, daily transits ran near 10 vessels versus a pre-crisis baseline of 88-13…
Aramco converted parallel natural-gas-liquids lines to crude service, using existing pump stations, reporting an all-time operating record of about 7 million b/d - still…
A strike on one pumping station cut flow by roughly 700,000 b/d. Saudi Arabia announced by 12 April that the pipeline was restored to full 7 million b/d capacity.
Saudi Arabia said several drones launched from Iraq's Maysan province hit pipeline infrastructure, damaging at least two pumping stations. Saudi Arabia shut the pipeline…
Iraq confirmed the drones launched from Maysan province, dismissed a regional commander and opened an investigation. President Trump told reporters he believes Iran is “…
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