Saudi Aramco Considers Red Sea Route for Oil Exports, Bypassing Hormuz

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Aramco Eyes Red Sea Route to Bypass Hormuz Amid Mideast Tensions

The world’s biggest oil exporter has a 5 million barrel-a-day pipeline that runs across the country which can transport oil from fields in the east to the Red Sea in the west.

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Moneycontrol•03-03-2026, 19:45

Aramco Eyes Red Sea Route to Bypass Hormuz Amid Mideast Tensions

•Saudi Aramco explores exporting more oil via the Red Sea port of Yanbu to avoid the Strait of Hormuz.
•The move aims to circumvent shipping logjams in the Persian Gulf caused by Middle East conflict.
•Aramco has a 5 million barrel-a-day East-West Pipeline capable of transporting oil to the Red Sea.
•Customers in Asia and shippers are being consulted about shifting cargo loadings to Yanbu.
•The Red Sea route carries risks, including threats from Yemen's Houthi militant group, despite no recent incidents.

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