Saudi Arab is Winning Because of 45 Years Old Decision.
Saudi Arabia saw this war coming decades ago.
In the 1980s, they built a 1,200-kilometer pipeline from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea. Just in case the Strait of Hormuz ever got blocked .
Today, that strait is a war zone. Twenty percent of the world's oil is trapped.
But Saudi oil is still moving.
They activated the East-West pipeline. It can push up to 7 million barrels a day across the country to the Red Sea port of Yanbu .
About 5 million of those barrels can reach global markets. The rest feeds domestic refineries .
Aramco told customers they can now load at Yanbu instead of trying to enter the Gulf .
March loadings at Yanbu doubled compared to February. Hit 2.2 million barrels a day in the first week .
While Iraq, Kuwait, and others are stuck, Saudi keeps exporting.
They also warned Iran directly. Stop attacking our oil facilities, or we retaliate .
And they're buying Ukrainian anti-drone systems to protect what they built .
Forty-five years ago, someone drew a line across the map. Today, that line is keeping oil flowing through a war zone.