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💢CONFIRMED: Strike on Saudi Arabia’s East–West Pipeline has knocked out ~700,000 barrels per day – about 10% of its 7 million bpd maximum capacity – hitting the kingdom’s only bypass to the Strait of Hormuz.
▫️ Separately, attacks on upstream fields have cut about 600,000 bpd in production — roughly 7.5% of Saudi Arabia’s prewar output (~8 million bpd) and likely to fall primarily on exports, which were running at about 4.2–4.6 million bpd in early April.
🛢️Full Breakdown:
According to the Saudi Press Agency - the kingdom’s official state news outlet - recent attacks have caused widespread damage across the energy sector:
🔸 Pumping station on the East–West Pipeline hit, cutting ~700,000 bpd in throughput
▪️The Petroline had been ramped up to full capacity in mid-March to sustain exports during the Hormuz disruption, far above its typical peacetime flow of 1.2–2 million bpd.
🔸 Upstream production hit:
▪️ Manifa field (major offshore heavy crude source) − ~300,000 bpd
▪️ Khurais field (one of Saudi Arabia’s largest onshore fields) − ~300,000 bpd
🔸 Major refineries hit, operations disrupted:
▪️ SATORP (Jubail) – ~400,000 bpd, one of the world’s largest export refineries
▪️ Ras Tanura – ~550,000 bpd + Saudi Arabia’s main export terminal
▪️ SAMREF (Yanbu) – ~400,000 bpd, key Red Sea export hub
▪️ Riyadh refinery – ~120,000 bpd, central domestic supply
🔸 Gas infrastructure hit:
▪️ Ju’aymah processing and export hub – hit by fires, disrupting LPG and NGL flows from one of the world’s largest facilities — with ~1.1 million bpd NGL processing capacity and LPG exports averaging ~450,000 tons per month, a key supply source for Asian markets
🔸 One worker was killed, seven injured in recent attacks (likely yesterday though unclear)
Saudi officials warned the attacks are tightening global supply, draining inventories, and increasing volatility in oil markets.