{"id":32079,"date":"2026-10-03T22:31:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T22:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32079"},"modified":"2026-10-03T22:31:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T22:31:24","slug":"hormuz-blocked-but-gulf-crude-shipments-at-pre-war-level-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=32079","title":{"rendered":"Hormuz blocked, but Gulf crude shipments at pre-war level | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134668292,imgsize-42716,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg\" alt=\"Hormuz blocked, but Gulf crude shipments at pre-war level\" title=\"Of the remaining 60% that physically crossed Hormuz, most was moved using shuttle tankers, Emmanuel Belostrino, head of global crude and geopolitical market data at Kpler, said in his analysis.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Of the remaining 60% that physically crossed Hormuz, most was moved using shuttle tankers, Emmanuel Belostrino, head of global crude and geopolitical market data at Kpler, said in his analysis.\">Of the remaining 60% that physically crossed Hormuz, most was moved using shuttle tankers, Emmanuel Belostrino, head of global crude and geopolitical market data at Kpler, said in his analysis.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Disruptions to energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz notwithstanding, crude shipments from the West Asian Gulf region, excluding Iran, have returned to pre-war levels as countries cut dependence on oil tankers to navigate through the choked strait.<!-- --> According to maritime intelligence and research firm Kpler, at least 16.5 million barrels per day (mbd) of crude left the region between Sept 1 and 28, matching the prewar average. During the peak of the West Asia war in March, the average was 10.5 mbd.<\/p>\n<div data-type=\"in_view\" class=\"  \">\n<div class=\"LEzX4\">\n<div class=\"PmOGb\">\n<p class=\"PSf84\">Share your thoughts in the comments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Insightful<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Agree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Disagree<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Skeptical<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Concerning<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Promising<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Worth Reading<\/button><button type=\"button\" class=\"sUTYm \">Big Development<\/button><\/p>\n<p><textarea class=\"T9MbS\" rows=\"1\" placeholder=\"Add your Thoughts...\"\/><button type=\"button\" class=\"ZW6JD \" disabled=\"\">Post Comment<\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"swnca\">Be respectful \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatimes.com\/termsandcondition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"gkv0P\">TOI community guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>While 83% of the region\u2019s crude crossed Hormuz before the war, 40% was exported in Sept through pipelines in Saudi Arabia and the UAE without crossing the key chokepoint.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>Of the remaining 60% that physically crossed Hormuz, most was moved using shuttle tankers, Emmanuel Belostrino, head of global crude and geopolitical market data at Kpler, said in his analysis.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/>Belostrino said more than 70% of the crude that crossed the Strait of Hormuz in Aug changed tankers offshore in the Gulf of Oman.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"12\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Crude via other routes made up the difference<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Confirmed crude crossings were still more than a quarter below the pre-war level, but volumes moving through alternative routes had more than doubled and made up almost exactly the difference. Saudi pushed more crude through the east-west pipeline to Yanbu, with loadings rising from 0.8 mbd before the war to 4.3 mbd in June. UAE sent crude through the Abu Dhabi crude oil pipeline to Fujairah, where loadings rose from 1.1 mbd to 2.7 mbd.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"16\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3>325 million barrels released from oil reserves: IEA<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>The International Energy Agency said member countries had released 325 million barrels of oil and oil products from strategic reserves, out of 400 million barrels pledged in March.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/hormuz-blocked-but-gulf-crude-shipments-at-pre-war-level\/articleshow\/134667214.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of the remaining 60% that physically crossed Hormuz, most was moved using shuttle tankers, Emmanuel Belostrino, head of global crude and geopolitical market data at Kpler, said in his analysis. Disruptions to energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz notwithstanding, crude shipments from the West Asian Gulf region, excluding Iran, have returned to pre-war levels [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32080,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/brent-crude-may-spike-to-120-if-hormuz-disruption-deepens-report.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Of the remaining 60% that physically crossed Hormuz, most was moved using shuttle tankers, Emmanuel Belostrino, head of global crude and geopolitical market data at Kpler, said in his analysis. 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