Various-Hormuz Strait/Middle East/Oil
Various-Hormuz Strait/Middle East/Oil
Dateline : Sept 28, 2026/File
Location : Various
Duration : 1'30
FILE: Strait of Hormuz - May 23, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
1. Various of cargo ships at sea
Strait of Hormuz - Sept 8, 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
2. Various of vessels anchored at sea; waves
FILE: Kharg Island, Iran - 2016-2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
3. Various of oil storage tanks, flame at oil refinery, facilities
FILE: Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Aerial shot of Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company (YASREF)
FILE: Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Saudi Aramco oil processing facilities
6. Gas flaring
7. Various of Saudi Aramco oil processing facilities
FILE: Bab Oilfield, UAE - 2023 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Aerial shots of oil field facilities
9. Oil field facilities, flame
Crude oil exports from major oil-producing countries in the Middle East rebounded significantly in September, reaching nearly 16.33 million barrels, according to the latest report released by the ship-tracking firm Kpler on Monday.
Data showed that the average daily crude oil exports from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Iran totaled nearly 16.33 million barrels in September, about 3.2 million barrels less than the 19.51 million barrels recorded in February this year, before the outbreak of the conflict in Iran.
Based on the statistics, Kepler estimated that Middle East crude oil exports recovered to about 80 percent of pre-conflict levels in September.
Saudi Arabia has shifted its crude oil exports to the Strait of Hormuz after Yemen's Houthi group attacked the port of Yanbu on the Red Sea this month, coupled with damage to the East-West Pipeline, according to the Kpler data. Saudi crude oil exports in September are expected to reach 5.4 million barrels per day, more than double the daily export volume in August.
Last week alone, 19 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) with a capacity of 2 million barrels of crude oil sailed out of the Strait of Hormuz from Saudi Arabia, data showed.
Overall, crude oil shipments from Middle Eastern oil-producing countries through the Strait of Hormuz are expected to reach nearly 9.72 million barrels per day in September. Kpler noted that the data didn't include vessels that have turned off their Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders to evade detection.
Meanwhile, naphtha exports from the Middle East recovered significantly in August and September, according to the latest Kepler data.
The UAE and Kuwait shipped this key feedstock for the petrochemical industry via ship-to-ship transfers in waters beyond the Strait of Hormuz.
Data showed that the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) shipped a total of nearly 1.6 million tons of naphtha in August and September, equivalent to 14 million barrels.
This figure was higher than the 700,000 tons shipped in March and April, but still far below the 5 million tons recorded during the same period last year. Before the conflict, the two companies accounted for nearly half of the Gulf region's naphtha exports.
ID : 8501671
Published : 2026-10-01 08:53
Last Modified : 2026-10-01 19:20:53
Source : China Central Television (CCTV),China Global Television Network (CGTN)
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