Saudi Arabia restarts oil pipeline bypassing the Strait of #Hormuz — Reuters Riyadh has resumed operations on the East-West pipeline, which was halted on September 13 following #drone attacks. Shipments from the Red Sea port of Yanbu could resume as early as today; the first tanker is scheduled to depart for #China. The route is currently operating at a low capacity, but Saudi Aramco intends to increase capacity to 4 million barrels per day.