The attack by the Huthis on Tuesday appeared to be a deliberate and deliberate attack on Saudi oil facilities, given the importance and sensitivity of the target site and the signs of tension in the Gulf.
The target location is important because it is considered a basic route for the transfer of Saudi oil from production fields in the east to export ports on the Red Sea coast in the west of the country across hundreds of kilometers.
The oil pipeline is also an alternative option for Saudi Arabia to export its oil away from the Strait of Hormuz, which is controlled by Iran and threatens to close it if prevented from exporting its oil through it.
The pipeline is about 1,200 km long and passes through at least five million barrels of oil per day from the eastern region rich in ore to the western region on the Red Sea coast.
The two stations, which were hit by the Houthi bomb attacks in the provinces of Dawadmi and Afif in Riyadh, about 360 km from the capital Riyadh and 500 km from Yanbu on the Red Sea coast.
The Saudi Aramco 8 pumping station is located more than 800 kilometers from the nearest point in Saada, northern Yemen, on the border with the Saudi city of Najran.
The pipeline allows the kingdom to transport oil from the eastern region and export it via ports on the Red Sea, away from the Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, where tensions between the United States and Iran are rising.