'Secretive' UAE and Swiss-based firms found to be major crude suppliers to Israel, says report
'Secretive' UAE and Swiss-based firms found to be major crude suppliers to Israel, says report Submitted by Katherine Hearst on Thu, 09/03/2026 - 11:55 Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO supplied 22m barrels of crude, much of it shipped via Turkey despite Ankara’s trade embargo, new data has revealed A crude oil tanker crosses the Bosphorus Strait in the Besiktas district of Istanbul on 6 April…
Two secretive firms, Vitol and Heritage Petroleum FZCO, have been identified as major crude suppliers to Israel, according to a report by Oil Change International and the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations. The two companies collectively exported about 22 million barrels of crude oil to Israel between October 2023 and June 2026, accounting for 11 percent of the country's total crude imports during that period.
Despite a Turkish embargo on trade with Israel, the majority of the oil shipped by Vitol and Heritage Petroleum typically travels through the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Researchers found that Vitol and Heritage Petroleum have acted both as charterers and traders, purchasing the oil they shipped. The report's findings were based on data from the shipping platform Kpler and satellite imagery confirming the docking of the vessels in the Israeli port of Ashkelon.
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