Saudi Arabias East-West Pipeline Hits 7 Million Barrels Per Day as Hormuz Closure Enters Fifth Week

Saudi Arabias Petroline, the 1,200-kilometer crude pipeline connecting its eastern oil fields to the Red Sea, is now moving oil at its maximum rated capacity of 7 million barrels per day, offering a partial workaround to a Strait of Hormuz blockade that has cut normal traffic by an estimated 90 to 95%. Hormuz Crisis Week []