Chokepoint Data · the Strait of Hormuz crisis

Saudi East-West pipeline restarts at reduced rates, sources say; Yanbu loadings follow

2026-09-22 · shipping · major

Three sources told Reuters on Tuesday 22 September that Saudi Arabia had restarted the East-West pipeline and could resume crude exports from Yanbu later that day, two of them saying it was pumping at a low rate; a security source said a full restart could take six to eight weeks. Three of the line's pumping stations were damaged in the September attack, according to satellite imagery and industry sources. JMIC reported that Yanbu and Al Muajjiz crude loadings resumed from about 27–29 September, running well below the pre-attack rate.

Brent next close -1.1% · +7 days -1.9% · transits 3.1 → 3.4 per day · reaction near an ordinary day (42.8th percentile)

Sources

Express Tribune (Reuters) · Saudi Gazette · JMIC Advisory Note Update 102 (UKMTO)

Read in: Riyadh says its Hormuz bypass pumps 5.8 million barrels a day. Public port data sees almost no tankers

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