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Saudi energy minister says East-West pipeline is back up to 5.8 million bpd

2026-10-06 · market

Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said at a forum in Manama on Tuesday 6 October that oil pumped through the East-West pipeline had reached 5.8 million barrels a day that morning, and that the kingdom began using the line again within five or six days of the September attack. Kpler data cited by Al Jazeera put the pipeline's flows at about 2 million bpd in August, against a stated capacity of 7 million bpd. JMIC's 11 October advisory said loadings had resumed at Yanbu and that the minister's figure was corroborated by ship-tracking data.

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Al Jazeera · Asharq Al-Awsat · JMIC Advisory Note Update 104 (UKMTO)

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