Saudi Energy Minister Abdul Aziz bin Salman said that Saudi Arabia is studying expanding the crude oil pipeline capacity to 10 million barrels per day within the next two to three years. As Saudi Arabia continues to respond to a wave of attacks by the Houthis against energy and aviation infrastructure, the country is seeking to make the energy transportation system more resilient. Abdul Aziz said that the relevant plans include upgrading the pumping station of the east-west oil pipeline and transforming a natural gas pipeline into a crude oil transportation pipeline. Since the outbreak of the US-Iran war, the east-west oil pipeline has become an important channel for Saudi crude oil exports. The Saudi Energy Minister said last week that as of October 6, the East-West pipeline's crude oil delivery volume was 5.8 million barrels per day, with a total delivery capacity of 7 million barrels per day. In a wartime environment, this pipeline was essential for exporting crude oil through the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea coast and supplying crude oil to Saudi refineries on the west coast. Abdul Aziz said at the WPC Energy Conference in Riyadh on Monday: “In the next two to three years, we could finally reach 10 million barrels per day. We are upgrading the pumping stations on the east-west pipeline.”

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