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Saudi Arabia restarts East-West oil pipeline, to resume exports from Yanbu, sources say

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SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has restarted operations at its East-West Pipeline and could resume exports from the Red Sea port of Yanbu later on Tuesday, three sources briefed on the matter said.

The pipeline was pumping at a low rate, two of them said.

State energy firm Saudi Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to shut its East-West Pipeline on September 13, halting crude loadings at the kingdom's Yanbu port.

(Reporting by Nidhi Verma in New Delhi, Florence Tan and Trixie Yap in Singapore; Editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise)

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