Attack on Saudi Arabian pipeline may cut four percent of world's oil supply Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 09/14/2026 - 16:49 Kingdom may need five to six weeks to repair damage from a drone attack on the pipeline that has been a critical Strait of Hormuz bypass A satellite image released by Vantor shows a view of a pumping station along the general route of Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline in al-Mesabaah, southeast of Medina, following a drone attack, on 13 September 2026 (Satellite image ©2026 Vantor/AFP) Off Saudi Arabia may need five to six weeks to repair damage from a drone attack on its East-West Pipelin e, taking nearly four percent of global oil supplies off the market, according to a report by Reuters. Brent, the international benchmark, was trading up three percent on Monday at nearly $108 per barrel. Oil already soared last week as a result of a lightning Houthi offensive that put the group in control of Yemen’s side of the Bab el-Mandeb, a key Red Sea chokepoint for Saudi Arabian oil shipments. The rising price of Brent does not necessarily reflect the even higher prices that customers are paying for oil, and especially refined products like diesel. Gregory Brew, an energy expert at Eurasia Group, wrote on X that physical crude sold from Oman is fetching $121 per barrel, and Murban crude, which is the price for oil shipped from the UAE port of Fujairah, is $131 per barrel.