RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline is operating at its full capacity of 7 million barrels per day, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.The pipeline, which bypasses the Strait of Hormuz, is being used to maintain oil flows amid ongoing regional disruption.Crude exports from Yanbu port on the Red Sea have reached 5 million barrels per day, according to the report.The Kingdom is also exporting between 700,000 and 900,000 barrels per day of refined oil products.Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said earlier in March that the pipeline was expected to reach full capacity as customers reroute shipments.The escalation in the Gulf region has disrupted energy markets and global shipping routes, with traffic through the Strait of Hormuz affected.
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