Satellite image reveals major damage that shut crucial oil pipeline
Satellite imagery confirms significant damage to Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline following a strike, which experts estimate will take four to six weeks to repair. The closure of this crucial export route has caused oil prices to surge, with Brent crude reaching nearly $110 per barrel. The incident occurs amid escalating tensions as Yemen's Houthi group intensifies attacks on Saudi infrastructure and seizes key coastal territory.
- ▪Satellite images reveal major damage to a pumping station on Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline, which is expected to take four to six weeks to repair.
- ▪The pipeline closure could reduce global oil supplies by up to 3.6 million barrels per day, contributing to a spike in Brent crude prices to around $108 per barrel.
- ▪Saudi Arabia has accused Iranian-backed militias in Iraq of the pipeline strike, while also retaliating against Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen.
- ▪New satellite data shows damage to King Khalid Air Base in Saudi Arabia following Houthi missile and drone attacks.
- ▪The Houthi group has seized significant territory in Yemen's south-western coast, enhancing its ability to blockade Saudi shipping in the Bab al-Mandab waterway.
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Satellite image reveals major damage that shut crucial oil pipelineByThomas CopelandBBC VerifyPublished23 minutes agoSatellite imagery shows a key oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia has been badly damaged after a strike last week, which experts have told BBC Verify could take more than a month to repair and force oil prices even higher.The image shows the most significant damage is at a pumping station along the East-West Pipeline, which Saudi Arabia has increasingly relied on to export crude oil via the Red Sea rather than through the Strait of Hormuz, where ships have been attacked by Iran and the US during their six-month war.The Saudi government has accused Iranian-backed militias in Iraq of the pipeline strike, which followed days of renewed missile and drone attacks on south-western Saudi…
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