EMERGENCY FLARING DETECTED ALONG SAUDI ARABIA’S EAST–WEST PIPELINE

Payne Institute Earth Observation Group Research Associate Mikhail Zhizhin and Director Morgan Bazilian write about how on the evening of September 10, 2026, Marhelm reported that unnamed diplomatic channels were describing “catastrophic damage” to Saudi Arabia’s East–West crude pipeline, later specifying “at least 8 places” and citing prior accuracy on Fujairah, Abqaiq and tanker incidents. September 13, 2026.