The Strait of Hormuz Isn’t the Only Oil Chokepoint Anymore #shorts

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• The attack on Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline (Petroline) demonstrates that Iran now possesses the capability to take critical oil infrastructure offline across the region, effectively controlling crude exports.
• The Petroline, with a capacity of up to 7 million barrels per day, was hit, and Iran has supplied longer-range, more accurate drones to Houthi separatists in Yemen, bringing key Saudi and UAE bypass pipelines (like the one to Fujairah) within range.
• This event underscores that without a political settlement with Tehran, the long-term flow of crude out of the region cannot be guaranteed, and there’s a risk of the Trump administration being pushed into a ground invasion of Yemen.