據報東西向輸油管已以低流量重新啟動

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Reuters於9月22日根據三名知情消息來源報導，沙烏地阿拉伯當天重啟了東西向輸油管線，並以低流量輸送，另有一批貨物排定在延布裝載運往中國；一名安全消息來源表示，全面恢復可能需要數週。該管線自9月10日的無人機攻擊後即已關閉，Reuters將該次攻擊的日期定為11日。在涵蓋此事的同一批報導中，通訊社報導稱數日內流量可達40%，全面重啟則需六至八週。Maritime Executive引述Bloomberg、Financial Times與商業衛星影像，描述了一條為繞過受損泵站而鋪設的旁通管線、三座泵站受損而八座即足以維持減量運作，以及恢復額定產能最長需要六週。各來源的產能數字不同——Reuters的說法中該管線最高為每日4百萬桶，另一說法中額定產能為7百萬桶。布蘭特原油價格當天下跌超過兩美元。沙烏地任何部會或沙烏地阿美都未發布關於重啟、其流量、時間表或損害評估的聲明。裝載已恢復，但仍未經宣布。9月25日至28日之間，延布的油輪裝載據報已恢復。Reuters引述貿易消息來源與航運數據，一名亞洲煉油業消息來源表示，沙烏地阿美已於9月28日通知客戶10月的裝載計畫。Bloomberg報導，海外出貨在停擺17天後恢復。TankerTrackers.com判讀歐洲太空總署9月27日的影像，顯示延布與Al Muajjiz有近10百萬桶原油正在裝載。一名業界消息來源估計吞吐量約為每日2百萬桶，Kpler估計為每日2.65百萬桶，並預期數日內將達到3至4百萬桶。聯合海事資訊中心於10月1日將重啟描述為未經證實，並表示延布的定期裝載未經獨立證實。截至10月3日，沒有任何部會或營運商發布聲明。

THE BYPASS IS BACK IN SERVICE AT A RATE NOBODY HAS STATED. Twelve days after the Hormuz alternative was cut at its middle, oil is reported moving west again, and the first Yanbu cargo since the attack is scheduled — which reopens, at the margin, the Red Sea route this module treats as the strait's principal alternative. Three things are not established and are held apart here. The rate: "low" is the only description from the sources, and the percentages and timetables are estimates by people who did not operate the line. The export volume: even before the attack, terminal throughput at Yanbu and domestic refinery offtake, not the pipeline, set how much could load, and a partial restart leaves both constraints where they were. And the durability: the restart moved nothing on the other side of the ledger — Yanbu remained a declared Houthi target through the same week, with every Saudi account of those attacks one of interception. What changed is that the escorted Hormuz route is no longer the only way out for Saudi crude; what did not change is that no operator has said anything at all.

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