The 'Horizons Middle East & Africa' program on Bloomberg, dated September 17, 2026, covered the ongoing efforts by Saudi Arabia to resume operations on a significant portion of its cross-country oil pipeline. This comes after the pipeline was disabled by drone attacks. The kingdom aims to bring back online about half of the pipeline's total capacity within a few days to mitigate disruptions to oil supply.
Stuart Livingstone-Wallace from Bloomberg provided further context on the situation. The video program, which focuses on the Middle East and Africa, regularly highlights major deals and fast-paced growth across the region, linking global market drivers from the US and Asia to the regional trading day. It also offers deep-dive analysis of key business, energy, and geopolitical stories influencing traders.
This development is significant given the broader regional tensions. Recent reports from Bloomberg indicated a growing Houthi threat that led to the initial shutdown of the Saudi pipeline. Furthermore, oil prices had topped $100 a barrel as Iran vowed to escalate war and Houthi-Saudi fighting intensified, adding urgency to Saudi Arabia's efforts to restore its oil infrastructure.
