{
  "id": 19328089,
  "title": "UAE is selling Saudi oil in a rare move, document shows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/uae-is-selling-saudi-oil-in-a-rare-move-document-shows",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-10T11:29:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40448260/uae-is-selling-saudi-oil-in-a-rare-move-document-shows"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The United Arab Emirates (UAE) energy ministry has announced a rare tender to sell 1.7 million barrels of Saudi Arab Light oil, according to a document. Sources revealed that the oil, loaded on the Gem No. 2 tanker, was recently targeted by an unidentified projectile. The increase in attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf shipping lanes since the onset of the US-Israeli war with Iran has raised security concerns and heightened fears about the conflict's environmental consequences. Last week, the UAE reported that the oil leak from the Gem No. 2 tanker had been contained. The tender, overseen by the UAE Federal Public Prosecution, will see the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure sell the cargo through a ship-to-ship transfer from inside the Gulf between November 10 and 20.",
  "summary": "NEW DELHI/LONDON: The United Arab Emirates energy ministry is selling 1.7 million barrels of Saudi Arab Light oil via a rare tender, a document showed. Sources said the UAE was selling the oil loaded on the Gem No. 2 tanker, which was struck by an unidentified projectile last month. Since the start of the US-Israeli war with Iran, attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf shipping lanes have driven…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}