Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline and the UAE's Abu Dhabi Crude Oil Pipeline are thought to be able to help partially offset the Strait of Hormuz blockage.

By Samia Nakhoul and Parisa Hafezi March 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has told Tehran that while it favours a diplomatic settlement to Iran's conflict with the United States, continued attacks on the kingdom and its energy sector could push Riyadh to respond in kind,

Riyadh is angry about Iran’s “sustained campaign of aggression against the Kingdom, fellow GCC and other nations, cautioning that continued escalation would ultimately devastate Iran itself. " Riyadh

The Foreign Secretary arrived in the country on Thursday in a show of solidarity with Gulf states hit by Iran’s retaliation to US-Israeli strikes.

OPEC said on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia sharply increased oil production in February ahead of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran and kept its forecasts for relatively strong global oil demand growth this year.

Iran fires missiles and drones across the Gulf including oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia and a ship off the coast of the Emirates. Israel and the United States strike targets across the Islamic Republic.

Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named as the Islamic Republic's next ruler, authorities announced Monday, as Tehran widened its attacks across the Mideast to strike

March 9 () - Saudi Arabia has begun oil output cuts, sources said on Monday, becoming the latest Gulf producer impacted by the U. and Israeli war on Iran which has halted ship traffic in the region and ‌sent oil prices up nearly 30% to $119 a barrel on Monday.