Satellite image reveals major damage that shut crucial Saudi oil pipeline

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What happened

Experts tell BBC Verify the pipeline's closure could cut oil supplies by as much as 3.6 million barrels per day.

Key facts

  • Experts tell BBC Verify the pipeline's closure could cut oil supplies by as much as 3.6 million barrels per day.
  • Reported by BBC News and published Tue, 15 Sep 2026 14:21:14 UTC.

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  1. Oil’s safety net is fraying as Saudi Arabia races to restart a key pipeline

  2. Satellite image reveals major damage that shut crucial Saudi oil pipeline

  3. Good heavens! US reveals it has placed weapons in space

  4. Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption

  5. Saudi pipeline closure is a brief interruption that will last days, U.S. Energy Secretary tells CNBC

  6. U.S. oil tops $106 as Saudi Arabia reportedly cancels some crude cargoes after pipeline closure

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