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Saudi pipeline outage threatens four percent of global oil supply

An outage on a major Saudi pipeline to the Red Sea threatens up to four percent of global oil supply, according to oil buyers and traders. The sources stated that Saudi Arabia faces running out of export stocks if the line is not restarted within days. It is not yet clear when the pipeline will resume operations.

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WhereSaudi Arabia
23.750, 43.047 ±400 km
First reported41 days ago
Published2026-09-15 15:06 UTC
Sources16
How this travelled.
Reports40Independent tellings12
12 independently corroborated tellings, 16 reported as carrying other outlets.

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Global Event Monitor. Saudi pipeline outage threatens four percent of global oil supply. 2026-09-15T15:06:32.098Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2241. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-15/oil-loadings-have-been-suspended-at-saudi-arabia-s-key-35eadb54

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