Daily crude loadings at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu are close to maximum levels this week as tensions with Yemen's Houthi militia intensify and the kingdom seeks to maximise oil
Daily crude loadings at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu are close to maximum levels this week as tensions with Yemen's Houthi militia intensify and the kingdom seeks to maximise oil exports, according to data and industry sources.
Saudi Aramco, the world's largest oil exporter, has increased use of the Yanbu terminal since the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran began on February 28.
Saudi Arabia is also considering expanding the capacity of its oil pipeline to the western Red Sea coast, enabling the kingdom and possibly neighbours to transport more oil without crossing the Strait of Hormuz, sources have told Reuters.
Aramco did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Tuesday.
Shipments from Yanbu reached 4.7 million barrels per day around July 13, up from 3.36 million bpd around July 10 and broadly in line with 4.6 million bpd around July 2, according to Signal Ocean data.
Loadings have averaged above four million bpd since June, compared with 973,000 bpd around the same period 2025, the data showed.
Kpler data also show daily loadings averaging around four million barrels in recent weeks.
OPEC's largest producer has relied increasingly on Yanbu to export crude as disruptions to shipping through
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