• Saudi east-west pipeline outage | Upstream Oil and Gas Daily Dose — 2026-09-14
    Sep 14 2026
    Reuters reports Saudi Arabia's east-west crude pipeline has been shut since Friday after drone attacks, with unnamed industry sources putting rerouted volumes at about four million barrels per day and Yanbu export cover at five to seven days; repair estimates conflict and Riyadh has not commented. Also: Touchstone Exploration's Trinidad drilling and compressor uptime update, an Arabian Drilling five-year, eight-rig gas contract with SLB, Iraq's twenty-five-year Ajil field award to KEPPT, and Nigeria's August regulator production figures. CHAPTERS 00:00 Top story 00:17 Rundown 00:27 Markets & drilling 00:55 Saudi pipeline outage 02:33 Touchstone in Trinidad 04:37 Arabian Drilling and SLB 05:39 Iraq's Ajil award 06:31 Nigeria's August output 07:50 What to watch 08:23 Sign-off SOURCES • Saudi Central Bank: Older policy context: official — https://sama.gov.sa/en-US/MediaCenter/News/Pages/news-557.aspx • Arabian Drilling official Tadawul feed: Arabian Drilling signs — https://ksatools.eurolandir.com/tools/Pressreleases/GetPressRelease/?ID=8136187&lang=en-GB&companycode=sa-arab&v= • Touchstone Exploration: Touchstone Exploration — https://www.touchstoneexploration.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/September-14-2026-Operational-Update-TSX-vF.pdf • Reuters via Business Recorder: Saudi pipeline outage — https://www.brecorder.com/news/amp/40439290 • Yahoo Finance (delayed): Dated board observations — https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/CL=F/ • Baker Hughes: Dated board observations — https://rigcount.bakerhughes.com/static-files/ac9a8c23-3a35-4a0c-88d3-d8678af2f5c6 • nuprc.gov.ng: Production Rises by 0.4% — https://www.nuprc.gov.ng/media/news/7a281fbbb3898744a42f44ee • Reuters via Business Recorder: Iraq signs25-year deal — https://www.brecorder.com/news/40439238/iraq-signs-25-year-deal-to-develop-ajil-oilfield • Yahoo Finance (delayed): Dated board observations — https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BZ=F/ • Yahoo Finance (delayed): Dated board observations — https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NG=F/ FOOTAGE & IMAGES • Graphics: Industry Dose original evidence graphics and labeled mechanism schematics. • Video by GreenCardShow on Pixabay · https://pixabay.com/videos/id-43629/ • Video by CityXcape on Pexels · https://www.pexels.com/video/drone-footage-of-pumpjacks-at-a-desert-10227529/ • Video by Julián Armando Santos on Pexels · https://www.pexels.com/video/petroleo-pozo-petrolero-27822161/ AUDIO • Energy Rush — editor-supplied intro music • Ambient bed — synthetic production music ABOUT Upstream Oil & Gas Daily Dose is an Industry Dose production presented by the synthetic voice of Wesley with AI-assisted research. Episodes undergo automated quality checks and an editorial feedback window. Sources and limitations are in the notes. Corrections: industrydose@gmail.com. General industry reporting, not investment, legal or site-specific operating advice. Podcast: https://llbu.github.io/industry-dose/podcast/upstream/feed.xml Upstream Oil & Gas Daily Dose is an Industry Dose series and publishes every morning at 07:00 Central. Corrections: industrydose@gmail.com More daily briefings from Industry Dose: https://www.youtube.com/@EnergyDoseDaily #UpstreamOilAndGas #EnergyDose #OilAndGas Watch the video edition: https://youtu.be/p_KlOSTF5m0
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