The Yanbu Countdown: Saudi Arabia’s Pipeline Crisis
Following drone strikes from Iraq, Saudi Arabia has shuttered its critical East-West pipeline. With satellite imagery confirming damage to pumping stations and Yanbu stockpiles estimated to last only five to seven days, the global energy market faces a potential loss of four percent of its oil supply. This episode breaks down the logistics of the shutdown, the limits of the Red Sea bypass, and the looming threat to global inflation.
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Drone strikes on pumping stations forced a total shutdown of the twelve hundred kilometer East-West pipeline.
The Yanbu export terminal operates on a five-to-seven-day buffer before stockpiles are completely exhausted.
A sustained pipeline failure threatens to remove four percent of the global oil supply from the market.
Record high diesel prices act as a hidden tax on the global transport of wheat and corn.
Energy supply disruptions are pushing United States bond yields to levels not seen since two thousand and eight.
Theoretical bypass capacities for the Strait of Hormuz remain unproven under real-world crisis conditions.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02The Strike and the Shutdown2 min
- 03The Yanbu Countdown2 min
- 04The Myth of Spare Capacity2 min
- 05The Macroeconomic Ripple2 min
- 06Outro1 min
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