Saudi Arabia restores key pipeline to 7M bpd as Red Sea bypass ramps up

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Saudi Arabia has successfully restored the full 7-million-barrel-per-day pumping capacity of its critical East-West pipeline, rehabilitating a vital energy artery as the kingdom continues to bypass the volatile Strait of Hormuz.

The energy ministry confirmed Sunday that repairs to a pumping station damaged in a strike last week, occurring just hours after the initial ceasefire, have been completed, bringing 700,000 barrels per day of throughput back online.

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The restoration of the 746-mile (1,200-kilometer) conduit allows Riyadh to maintain its strategic shift toward Red Sea terminals, where crude shipments have quadrupled since late February to compensate for the near-total shutdown of Persian Gulf shipping lanes.

In addition to the pipeline recovery, Saudi Aramco has restored output at the offshore Manifa facility, which had previously lost 300,000 barrels per day of capacity due to regional hostilities.

“This quick recovery reflects the high operational resilience and crisis management efficiency of Saudi Aramco and the kingdom’s energy ecosystem as a whole,” the energy ministry stated via the Saudi Press Agency.

The Khurais onshore complex, a primary source of the light crude typically sent through the East-West line, is still undergoing repairs for its own 300,000-barrel-per-day outage.

Still, the overall stabilization of the network enhances the reliability of supplies to a global market still reeling from the Islamabad diplomatic breakdown.

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