Saudi Arabia cancels oil shipments to European refineries

Saudi Arabia cancels oil shipments to European refineries Submitted by MEE staff on Fri, 09/18/2026 - 19:32 The kingdom's East-West Pipeline and Red Sea port of Yanbu have been attacked by drones, as fighting rages in Yemen Steam rises from chimneys of an oil refinery in Gdansk, northern Poland, on 3 February 2026 (Sergei Gapon/AFP) Off Saudi Arabia has informed at least two oil refining customers in Europe that they will not receive crude oil allocations in October, as the war in the Middle East hits global energy