UPDATE 1 — Poland's Orlen to receive at least 4 Saudi crude cargoes in October, data shows

(Adds details, background) WARSAW/OSLO, Oct 15 (Reuters) — Poland's Orlen is expected to take delivery of at least four Saudi crude cargoes in October, shipping data showed and a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, pointing to a return to normal supplies. Saudi Arabia has been ramping up crude flows through its East-West Pipeline to Red Sea export terminals since early October after drone attacks, which it blamed on Iraqi militia, forced the pipeline's shutdown on September 11, leaving customers like Poland racing to find alternative supplies. Four crude oil cargoes, totaling 2.9 million barrels, were expected to depart from Egypt's Sidi Kerir terminal, which is used to export Saudi crude, LSEG's shipping data showed. A source familiar with the matter confirmed the loadings. Saudi Arabia's state-owned Aramco has been Orlen's largest oil supplier since 2022, accounting for about 40% of its purchases. In September, Orlen scrambled to secure alternative supplies from the North Sea and other regions after Aramco informed European customers that some late-September cargoes would be cancelled. The Polish refiner said it had lined up additional cargoes from Norway, Great Bri