Rising tensions over Middle East oil attacks
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Tensions over threats to oil flows from the Middle East are escalating after an attack by armed drones on Saudi Arabia’s main oil transport pipeline to the Red Sea
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May 12, Fujairah: Two Saudi tankers and two other vessels “sabotaged” off UAE port
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EGYPT
SAUDI ARABIA
Yanbu
QATAR
The Gulf
UAE
OMAN
JORDAN
Ras Tanura
Suez Canal
IRAQ KUWAIT
Riyadh
SUDAN
BAHRAIN
Red Sea
YEMEN
IRAN
Strait of  Hormuz
300km 185 miles
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May 14, East-West Pipeline
Temporarily closed after drones strike two oil pumping stations
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Refinery
Key oil terminal 
Oil field
Oil pipeline 
Gas field
Gas pipeline
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Saudi Arabia: World’s largest crude oil exporter, producing 9.8 million barrels per day (bpd) and exporting 7 million bpd
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East-West Pipeline: Carries 10 percent of Saudi Arabia’s total crude exports to Europe. Line also critical to Red Sea refineries
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Strait of Hormuz: Key maritime transit route through which Gulf exporters (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Bahrain) ship their oil. 18.5 million bpd passed through chokepoint in 2016, mainly to East Asia
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Damage to Norwegian-flagged tanker, May 13
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Sources: Associated Press, Reuters, S&P Global     Picture: AP © GRAPHIC NEWS