Highlights Pipeline hit by Houthi-claimed attack in May 2019 Reserve pipeline network has restored flows: sources Aramco planning pipeline expansion to 7 million b/d Dubai — Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea crude terminals have taken on critical importance since tensions with Iran have threatened the key Gulf shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz over the past few years. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now Serving those ports is Saudi Aramco’s 5 million b/d East-West Pipeline, which was hit by a drone attack in May 2019 and is still under repair, according to sources, but the state oil giant has been able to keep supplies flowing westward through a separate, reserve network of other pipelines that run parallel. Aramco does not highlight the existence of these extra pipelines, but sources familiar with the matter said they were part of the company’s strategic redundancy to […]