{"id":23827,"date":"2026-09-16T16:59:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23827"},"modified":"2026-09-16T16:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:59:36","slug":"saudi-arabia-halts-crude-oil-supplies-to-europe-after-drone-attacks-on-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23827","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia Halts Crude Oil Supplies to Europe After Drone Attacks on Pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"441\"><strong data-start=\"304\" data-end=\"441\">Saudi Arabia has halted crude oil supplies to Europe following drone attacks by an Iraqi militia on the Saudi East-West Oil Pipeline.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"443\" data-end=\"579\">The Saudi Foreign Ministry said recently that drones had been launched from Iraq at the East-West Oil Pipeline, injuring several people.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"581\" data-end=\"743\">Saudi Arabia temporarily shut down the pipeline after drone attacks targeted areas near Riyadh and Madinah. It has now also stopped crude oil shipments to Europe.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"745\" data-end=\"914\">According to international media, Saudi Aramco cancelled or postponed crude oil cargoes intended for European refineries. The decision has raised concerns across Europe.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1135\">The Strait of Hormuz has remained largely closed because of the Iran-US war. As a result, Saudi Arabia\u2019s East-West Pipeline has served as a key route for the global supply of Middle Eastern oil over the past six months.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1137\" data-end=\"1228\">The pipeline previously transported between 4 million and 5 million barrels of oil per day.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1230\" data-end=\"1410\">US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the pipeline could be reopened within a few days. However, according to a British news agency, repairs could take between three and six weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saudi Arabia has halted crude oil supplies to Europe following drone attacks by an Iraqi militia on the Saudi East-West Oil Pipeline. The Saudi Foreign Ministry said recently that drones had been launched from Iraq at the East-West Oil Pipeline, injuring several people. Saudi Arabia temporarily shut down the pipeline after drone attacks targeted areas [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[1596,12954,13656,4609,9632,12896,13657,434,12867,11362],"class_list":["post-23827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-crude-oil","tag-drone-attacks","tag-east-west-oil-pipeline","tag-europe","tag-global-oil-supply","tag-iran-us-war","tag-iraqi-militia","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-saudi-aramco","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23827"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23829,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23827\/revisions\/23829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}