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US energy chief says Saudi pipeline back 'within days', US escorting oil via Hormuz

Mountain Time
Local time
12:23 PM in New York
Where
Washington, D.C., United States

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC he expects the East-West pipeline, which has moved 4 to 5 million barrels a day, to resume within days, and said Saudi Arabia was sending more oil out through Hormuz 'with the United States military' in the meantime. He called the pipeline strikes 'Iran-supported attacks from proxy groups.'

Why it matters

His timeline was far shorter than the three-to-five-week repair estimate officials gave AP a day earlier.

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Correction

  • Corrected the time from 2:00 PM New York time, Sep 15, 2026 to 12:23 PM New York time, Sep 15, 2026; corrected the headline (it read "US Energy Secretary says Saudi East-West Pipeline should resume within days"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Saudi Arabia to Washington, D.C., United States; updated the sourcing note; added 3 sources: Al Jazeera live blog, The Times of Israel live blog. Why and evidence