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TUE, 22 SEPT · 78 ITEMS
Bloomberg, r/worldnews, Financial Post + 9 more · United States
17 outletsSaudi has informed at least two European oil refining customers that they will receive no crude oil in October, following a drone attack that shut down the kingdom's . This pipeline normally carries about 4% of global oil supply, so the disruption is significant and could tighten European crude markets. The move affects long-term supply agreements, not spot purchases.
The claim is consistently reported by Bloomberg, Reuters, and other major outlets, all citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter. The underlying event—the pipeline attack—was confirmed by earlier reporting from the same sources, so this is a solid secondary account of a real supply cut.
Genuinely new as of September 18, 2026; it is the latest development following the pipeline attack reported earlier in the week.
We covered the initial drone attack that shut the East-West pipeline on September 13-14, 2026, and the resulting crude price surge on September 18, 2026, the same day as this supply-cut report.