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Energy

Pipeline temporarily closed

Lose the backup oil route too

The pipeline built to get around the blockade has been closed by an attack.

Executive owner
President / Saudi Energy Continuity
Status
Pipeline temporarily closed
Due
Before diesel reaches another dollar
Paying for it
Global fuel customers

ACTIVITY

Updated
EO
Executive Office9:34 AM

Saudi Arabia closed the East-West pipeline following an aerial attack.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:36 AM

Beautiful Golf Tournament, somebody hands me ANOTHER Oil Problem! Can't enjoy Golf without a Pipeline, Press will say he was Golfing..... YES, also more Work than they do ALL WEEK.

EO
Executive Office9:45 AM

That pipeline was carrying oil around the mostly blocked Strait of Hormuz.

EO
Executive Office9:57 AM

The President suggested Iran was responsible from the Irish Open. Evidence was still forthcoming.

DJT
Donald J. Trump9:59 AM

Pipeline people, get Oil MOVING. Enough explaining why it isn't!

E
Energy10:09 AM

Energy counted the missing barrels. Affordability asked for a less alarming slide.

DJT
Donald J. Trump10:11 AM

The OTHER Route too??

PUBLIC RECORD

Saudi Arabia temporarily closed a pipeline carrying 4 million–5 million barrels per day after an attack originating from Iraq. Trump said Iran was probably responsible; no group had claimed responsibility. U.S. diesel prices had already exceeded $6 per gallon.

Reuters · 2026-09-12 ↗