{"id":511,"date":"2026-10-02T07:09:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=511"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:09:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:09:50","slug":"saudi-arabia-shuts-key-oil-pipeline-after-drone-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/?p=511","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Shuts Key Oil Pipeline After Drone Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Rachael Nuru <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"421\" data-id=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000874824.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000874824.jpg 720w, https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1000874824-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia temporarily shut down its strategic East-West oil pipeline after multiple drone attacks damaged facilities along the route, raising concerns over global oil supplies.The pipeline, which stretches about 1,200 kilometres from Saudi Arabia&#8217;s eastern oil fields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, is an important alternative route because it allows Saudi Arabia to move crude without relying on the Strait of Hormuz. CNBC reported that the shutdown put more than 4 million barrels of daily crude exports at risk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi authorities said the pipeline was closed as a precaution after drones launched from Iraq struck areas around Riyadh and Medina. The attacks caused damage and injuries, according to Saudi officials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The disruption came as oil markets were already facing pressure from reduced shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. CNBC reported that the loss of the pipeline route increased pressure on Saudi Arabia to move additional oil through the strait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saudi Arabia resumed operations on the pipeline on September 22, although initial pumping was at a reduced rate. Reuters reported that restoring its full capacity could take several weeks because three pumping stations were damaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rachael Nuru Saudi Arabia temporarily shut down its strategic East-West oil pipeline after multiple&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=511"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":514,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511\/revisions\/514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updateplug.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}