Battle with Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen tempers news on oil flow

13m ago Conflicting reports about flow of oil through Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline after new strike Saudi Arabia's East-West Crude Oil Pipeline was struck again Sunday, a source working in the kingdom's energy sector told French news agency AFP on Monday, adding that the flow of oil through the pipeline had stopped."The East-West pipeline was attacked again yesterday," the source told AFP. "A pumping station east of Riyadh in Khurais. It wasn't targeted before. There was big damage and the pipeline stopped again."The Reuters news agency reported Monday, however, that oil was still flowing through the pipeline, also citing an unnamed source. Bloomberg also reported that oil was still flowing, citing people familiar with the matter.News of the strike came a day after the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen said they had targeted sites in Saudi Arabia belonging to state oil giant Aramco, including infrastructure in Khurais.The East-West pipeline has been targeted multiple times since war erupted across the Middle East, following the U.S. and Israel launching joint strikes on Iran at the end of February.Last month, Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, shut the East-West pipeline, ...