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Saudi Arabia Resumes Yanbu Crude Exports as East–West Pipeline Reaches 3.5 Million Bpd

Sep 29, 2026

According to WPB, Saudi Arabia has resumed crude-oil loadings from the Red Sea port of Yanbu after partial repairs to the damaged East–West Pipelin...

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Gulf of Oman STS Network Hits Capacity as Saudi Oil Diversions Crowd Alternative Export Route

Sep 28, 2026

According to WPB, ship-to-ship oil transfer operations in the Gulf of Oman have reached their practical capacity limits after a sharp increase in Sau...

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Hormuz Crude Exports Reach 33.7 Million Barrels as Daily Flow Hits Highest Since Early July

Sep 26, 2026

According to WPB, crude oil exports through the Strait of Hormuz reached 33.7 million barrels from September 20 through the latest tracking update on...

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Iraq Offers 2 Million Barrels of Basrah Heavy via Oman STS as Delivery Shifts Outside Hormuz

Sep 24, 2026

According to WPB, Iraq has launched a prompt tender for 2 million barrels of Basrah Heavy crude to be delivered through a ship-to-ship transfer near ...

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Saudi Crude Exports Rebound Above 4 Million Bpd as Hormuz Flows Surge to Offset Yanbu Losses

Sep 21, 2026

According to WPB, Saudi Arabia has sharply increased crude exports through the Strait of Hormuz after the disruption to its East–West Pipeline rest...

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Hormuz Oil and LNG Flows Hit Six-Month High, CENTCOM Says, but Independent Traffic Data Remain Mixed

Sep 20, 2026

According to WPB, energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz appear to be improving, but the picture is still far from clear. The head of U.S. Central...

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OPEC Output Drops 640,000 Bpd as Middle East Disruptions Override Planned Supply Increase

Sep 10, 2026

According to WPB, OPEC crude oil production fell by 640,000 barrels per day in August, showing how Middle East disruptions effectively erased a plann...

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Physical Oil Tightness Deepens as Middle East Crude Exports Remain 7 Million Bpd Below Pre-War Levels

Sep 08, 2026

According to WPB, the global physical oil market remains substantially tighter than headline futures prices suggest, with Middle East crude exports s...

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OPEC+ Freezes October Output Policy as Hormuz Disruption Limits Physical Supply

Sep 07, 2026

According to WPB, OPEC+ has formally halted further production increases for October, leaving required output unchanged as disruptions to Middle East...

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Bunker Fuel Jumps 76% as Refiners Cut Fuel Oil Output, Adding New Cost Pressure to Bitumen Shipping

Sep 07, 2026

According to WPB, a tightening global fuel-oil market is creating a new source of cost pressure for bitumen shipping as refinery disruptions, reduced...

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Iran’s Oil Loadings Fall 85% as Maritime and Financial Pressure Squeezes Export Execution

Sep 05, 2026

According to WPB, Iranian crude loadings have fallen to approximately 260,000 barrels per day in the current September period, providing one of the c...

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Iran Says Foreign Trade Has Fallen 35% as Sanctions and Maritime Restrictions Tighten Export Channels

Aug 29, 2026

According to WPB, Iran’s president has said the country’s exports and imports have fallen by nearly 35% under the combined pressure of U.S. sanct...

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A Tenth of Global Refining Capacity Is Disrupted as the Heavy-Products Squeeze Deepens

Aug 26, 2026

According to WPB, the global oil market has entered a more dangerous phase in which disruption is no longer concentrated around a single producer, re...

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Asia’s Fuel Squeeze Deepens as Singapore Gasoil Margins Jump 226%

Aug 24, 2026

According to WPB, Asia’s refined-fuel shortage is becoming increasingly visible in Southeast Asia, with imports of light and middle distillates fal...

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Iraq Just Approved a Three-Month Hormuz Bypass: Could Its Bitumen Trade Be Next to Move Outside the Gulf?

Aug 19, 2026

According to WPB, Iraq has moved its search for alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz from emergency planning toward a defined commercial mechanism. O...

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Crude Is Getting Cheaper, But Refining Is Still Tight: Why Bitumen May Not Follow Oil Lower

Aug 18, 2026

According to WPB, the most important constraint in today’s oil market may no longer be the availability of crude alone. The pressure is increasingl...

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Iraq’s Oil Exports Have Fallen 75%: Hormuz Is Pushing Baghdad Toward Alternative Routes

Aug 09, 2026

According to WPB, Iraq’s oil minister said on August 8 that the country’s crude exports have fallen by 75% from prewar levels as restrictions at ...

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A 100% Tariff Threat Is Now on the Table: Could New U.S. Sanctions Reshape Russian Oil and Bitumen Trade?

Aug 08, 2026

According to WPB, the risk of a new and potentially powerful layer of U.S. pressure on Russian energy trade has moved into a much more serious legisl...

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Iran’s Main Oil Export Hub Has Gone Quiet: What a Week Without Tankers at Kharg Means for Bitumen

Aug 08, 2026

According to WPB, Iran’s main crude-export terminal has entered one of its longest periods of inactivity since the current regional conflict began....

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China Reopens the Fuel Export Tap: Will Higher Refinery Runs Increase or Reduce Asian Bitumen Supply?

Aug 06, 2026

According to WPB, China’s decision to temporarily authorize about 2.7 million metric tons of refined-fuel exports in August introduces a new variab...

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