Guardian Report Reveals Extent of Damage to Saudi Arabia’s Key Oil Pipeline

According to the International Desk of Webangah News Agency, The Guardian newspaper has reported, based on published satellite data from Mehr News Agency, that the extent of damage to Saudi Arabia’s main oil pipelines is evident from satellite imagery. The Saudi authorities have not disclosed the details of the losses incurred from the attack on the main East-to-West pipeline to the Red Sea.

Customers of Saudi oil believe that the country’s special export reserves will be depleted because the main oil transfer pipeline to the Red Sea has not been reactivated. The Guardian added that this situation could lead to a loss of four percent of the world’s oil supply. Satellite images show that the pumping station of Saudi Arabia’s strategic pipeline has been severely damaged.

Earlier, the Russian media outlet RT, referring to this pipeline and describing it as the shield of Saudi exports, wrote: The significance of this event is not just the stoppage of one pipeline. A more important issue is that one of the few alternative routes for Saudi oil exports in the event of disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz is now also facing problems.

Three industry sources stated that the Yanbu terminal has oil reserves for only 5 to 7 days of export. Saudi Arabia also has stored quantities of oil in the ports of Ain Sukhna on the Red Sea and Sidi Kerir in the Mediterranean, but these reserves will also eventually be depleted without the resumption of the pipeline’s operations.