Satellite images show extent of damage to Saudi Arabia’s oil pipeline that bypasses Strait of Hormuz

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A drone attack has severely damaged Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, a strategic network stretching roughly 1,200 kilometers from the Abqaiq oil fields to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Satellite images published Sunday by Vantor show fires and extensive blackened areas around a pumping station. Riyadh temporarily shut down the pipeline, known as Petroline, as a precaution following attacks launched from Iraq. Oil prices have rallied sharply, with Brent crude reaching $108.17 per barrel and WTI surpassing $100 for the first time since May, amid growing supply concerns in the Middle East.

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