Due to the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran, Saudi Arabia is relying on oil supplies through the Yanbu-el-Bahr oil port terminal and the Red Sea, revealed "Bloomberg".
The agency referred to data from the ship tracking system.
They showed that in recent days 11 very large tankers have reached the port of Yanbu-el-Bahr and are now waiting to start loading.
Saudi state oil company Saudi Aramco noted that supplies will soon reach 5 million barrels per day, but local infrastructure has never worked with such a load before, recalls "Bloomberg".
In addition, in March, oil exports from Yanbu-el-Bahr reached an average of 2.7 million barrels per day.
It is expected that it will take four to ten days to increase the supply of raw material through the pipeline that connects the Abqaiq oil field with Yanbu-el-Bahr.
In addition, there is a change in priorities in the transportation of oil.
Previously, most of the supplies in this direction were intended for the SUMED oil pipeline, which carries oil from the Ain Sokhna terminal in the Red Sea to the port of Sidi Kerir near Alexandria.
Now most of the oil is sent to Asia.