{
  "id": 2391927,
  "title": "Saudi Oil Exports from Mediterranean Soar with Shuttles North to Avoid Houthis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/saudi-oil-exports-from-mediterranean-soar-with-shuttles-north-to",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-21T14:28:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Saudi-Oil-Exports-from-Mediterranean-Soar-with-Shuttles-North-to-Avoid-Houthis.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Saudi Arabia has seen a 33% increase in crude oil exports from Egypt's Mediterranean port of Sidi Kerir in the past month, following threats from Houthis targeting shipments in the southern Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb Strait, according to Bloomberg's tanker data. Saudi state oil company Aramco, the world's leading crude oil exporter, has begun shuttling oil from its Yanbu port on the Red Sea to Egypt via the northern route to avoid potential threats from the Iran-aligned Houthi group in Yemen. Ship operators from South Korea, Norway, and Greece have been assisting Aramco in this new shuttle service, moving crude from the Red Sea to the Egyptian port of Ain Sukhna, where it is shipped through the SUMED onshore pipeline to the Mediterranean port of Sidi Kerir. This new route has enabled Aramco to increase shipments via the northern Red Sea route by approximately 33% to 1.1 million barrels per day. At least four tankers have made the Yanbu to Ain Sukhna journey at least twice, shipping more than 16 million barrels of oil in recent weeks. The longer journey from Sidi Kerir to Asian buyers through the Mediterranean and around the Cape of Good Hope adds nearly a month to the time it takes for Saudi oil to reach refiners in Asia. Reports suggest that some Asian refiners have requested Aramco to pick up its crude oil cargoes at Sidi Kerir due to heightened risks in shipping safety in the southern Red Sea.",
  "summary": "Saudi Arabia has boosted its crude oil exports from Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Sidi Kerir by about 33% in the month since the Houthis threatened Saudi oil shipments in the southern Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, tanker-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg showed on Friday. Saudi state oil giant Aramco, the world’s single largest crude oil exporter, has started shuttling oil from its…",
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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."
}