RIYADH, 7 April 2026 — Saudi Arabia has restored full oil pumping capacity through its East-West pipeline to around seven million barrels per day, following infrastructure disruptions caused by recent attacks during tensions involving Iran, the kingdom’s energy ministry said.
The ministry said energy infrastructure and facilities affected by the strikes have now recovered and returned to full operational capacity, without specifying who carried out the attacks. Saudi Arabia has intercepted numerous missiles and drones in recent weeks that it has attributed to Iran.
The strikes had disrupted operations across multiple facilities, including oil, gas, refining, petrochemical and electricity infrastructure in Riyadh, the Eastern Province and Yanbu Industrial City.
Pipeline Key Amid Hormuz Disruptions
The East-West pipeline became increasingly important as Saudi Arabia’s primary crude export route during the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, helping maintain supply flows to global markets.
Earlier, the energy ministry said the attacks reduced national oil production capacity by around 600,000 barrels per day and cut throughput on the East-West pipeline by about 700,000 barrels per day.
Recovery efforts have since restored the lost volumes, including output from the Manifa oilfield, where production had been reduced by roughly 300,000 barrels per day.
Work also continued to restore the Khurais facility after strikes there reduced output by a further 300,000 barrels per day.
The ministry said the swift restoration of capacity would strengthen the “reliability and continuity of supplies to local and global markets.”
