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Francesco Sassi@Frank_Stones · Sep 11, 2026

Smoke is rising from the East-West pipeline, the main oil pipeline available to Saudi Arabia to avoid the Strait of…

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The Houthis have damaged Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, a critical route bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, and are launching aggressive attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure while expanding control over the Red Sea. This could trigger a major global oil price spike with serious economic consequences for Europe, Asia, and the US.

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  1. #1

    Smoke is rising from the East-West pipeline, the main oil pipeline available to Saudi Arabia to avoid the Strait of Hormuz. The Houthis are stepping up a massive offensive against Ryihad. We are really close to a major oil price spike and global energy shockwave.💥🇸🇦🇾🇪🇮🇷🧵

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    The East-West pipeline, connecting Saudi Arabia’s eastern fields to the western oil terminal of Yanbu, the only terminal available to Riyadh to reach global markets and avoid navigating through the Strait of Hormuz, has been likely damaged in the last 24 hours.

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    Saudi Aramco, the company managing the largest oil reserves in the world, has not commented on the event, which could seriously disrupt any Saudi plan to deliver crude to global clients. The Houthis in Yemen have stepped up attacks against Saudi oil infrastructure, and in the

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    last few days they have carried out an aggressive campaign to expand their rule over the Yemeni Red Sea coast. The Houthis are clearly aiming to firmly control the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. The bombing of the pipeline and a possible decrease or halt of oil flows from East to West

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    Saudi Arabia would immediately affect global oil prices, igniting an upward spiral that would threaten European and Asian economies, and also Trump’s midterm campaign.

  6. #6

    With the Houthis surging as a global actor in energy geopolitics, we are clearly entering an unprecedented era of disruption and market instability. You can find my analysis on the Houthi-Saudi Arabia energy conflict at this link 🫴rebrand.ly/EGSTwitter

  7. #7

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