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Ship-to-Ship Oil Transfers Surge Off India’s West Coast

The waters outside the Strait of Hormuz have been so overcrowded with ship-to-ship transfers to keep oil flowing out of the Persian Gulf that the STS operations are expanding into India’s West Coast.

  • Ship-to-ship oil transfers surge off India's West Coast
  • 82 cargoes totaling 680,000 barrels transferred in September
  • Congestion prompts alternative transfer points along Asia route

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