Saudi Arabia: Oil company set to halt October crude deliveries to Europe.

Shotlist Saudi Arabia - Sept 11, 2026 (IRIB - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda) 1. Various of photos of attacks Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - April 8, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 2. National flag of Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Dec 2022 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 3. Various of national flags of Saudi Arabia, cityscape, traffic Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - April 8, 2018 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 4. Various of traffic, buildings Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 5. Various of traffic, cityscape Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 6. Various of oil processing facilities; gas flaring Saudi Arabia - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 7. Various of workers at oil refinery, facilities Storyline Saudi Aramco, the national petroleum and natural gas company of Saudi Arabia, is set to halt contracted crude deliveries to European customers in October after attacks shut a key pipeline to the Red Sea, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The report said the Saudi state oil producer, also one of the largest companies in the world by revenue and market capitalization, had told at least two European refiners that they would not receive scheduled October cargoes. The decision applies to all of Aramco's European buyers, it said. Aramco has declined to comment its decision so far. European refiners typically use long-term contracts with Aramco to secure predictable monthly supplies. The interruption is likely to push them into the spot market for more expensive alternative cargoes. Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry said on Sept 11 that the Riyadh and Medina sections of the East-West pipeline had come under repeated attack the previous day, prompting a precautionary shutdown. The pipeline has not returned to normal operations. The more than 1,200-km pipeline carries crude from oil-producing areas in Saudi Arabia's east to the Red Sea port of Yanbu, providing an export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz. It has a peak capacity of 7 million barrels per day, including up to 5 million barrels available for export.