it seems it was on a pumping station, not a direct hit on the pipeline maybe. i wonder if it’ll be that easy to restore it this time. anyway i guess as long as the houthis hold bab-el-mandeb it will be almost irrelevant now.
During the 2026 Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to non-Iranian vessels, it was converted to full capacity on 11 March 2026. After conversion, the amount of oil transferred using the Bab-el-Mandeb strait rose by 21% in comparison to February 2026, all of it bound to Asia. An Iranian drone attack on a pumping station reduced the throughput of the pipeline by 700,000 barrels per day (110,000 m3/d), as of 9 April. Less than three days later, on 12 April, Saudi Arabia announced that the pipeline had been restored to full capacity.
second strike in the year?
when was the first?
it seems it was on a pumping station, not a direct hit on the pipeline maybe. i wonder if it’ll be that easy to restore it this time. anyway i guess as long as the houthis hold bab-el-mandeb it will be almost irrelevant now.
During the 2026 Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to non-Iranian vessels, it was converted to full capacity on 11 March 2026. After conversion, the amount of oil transferred using the Bab-el-Mandeb strait rose by 21% in comparison to February 2026, all of it bound to Asia. An Iranian drone attack on a pumping station reduced the throughput of the pipeline by 700,000 barrels per day (110,000 m3/d), as of 9 April. Less than three days later, on 12 April, Saudi Arabia announced that the pipeline had been restored to full capacity.