โšก๏ธ๐Ÿšจ BIG - Satellite imagery shows a massive smoke plume (~100 km long) and sustained thermal hotspots along Saudi Arabia's East-West Pipeline corridor southeast of Medina. NASA fire data shows heat signatures above 70 MW lasting hours across multiple points โ€” well beyond a normal flare. Some analysts claim 6โ€“8 impact points and possible rupture. No official confirmation from Saudi Aramco or any wire service yet. But this pipeline is critical. It's Saudi Arabia's main Hormuz bypass, running at ~7 million bpd capacity and carrying roughly 5 million bpd of exportable crude to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. If confirmed, a strike here would threaten the backup route Saudi Arabia has been relying on since Hormuz was constrained. The pipeline was already hit once in April โ€” an Iranian drone strike that knocked out 700,000 bpd for four days. This time, with Houthis having just seized Mokha and threatening the Bab-el-Mandeb strait at the other end of the Red Sea route, a confirmed pipeline hit would mean both of Saudi Arabia's main export pathways are under simultaneous pressure. Oil was already above $105 before these reports surfaced.

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