Oil Is Moving Through The Strait Of Hormuz, But It's A Dangerous Trip - Jalopnik

More tankers are rerouting through the Strait of Hormuz as Saudi Arabia’s East–West pipeline sits offline, pushing higher oil flows through one of the world’s most contested maritime chokepoints. Shipping intelligence firm Marisk said vessels transiting the strait face a “heightened and increasingly unpredictable kinetic threat,” citing a sharp rise in traffic. Provisional Kpler data shows crude exports from the region averaged 18.3 million barrels per day on September 30, with volumes topping pre-war levels on 14 days in September. The surge is tied to Saudi loading from the Red Sea and the Gulf about three weeks after a September 10 attack. The question is whether flows fall again once the pipeline is fully back.