continental shift
Aramco sends oil on African detour to reach customers in Asia
Tankers loading at the Red Sea port of Yanbu head north through Egypt's Suez Canal rather than south through the Bab el-Mandeb channel
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A satellite view of smoke rising from Aramco’s refinery complex in Jazan, Saudi Arabia, after Houthi strikes
Add The Circuit on GoogleSaudi oil bound for Asia is taking a 17,000-mile detour around Africa as Houthi threats make the kingdom’s Red Sea export channel a perilous path.
The disruption is forcing Aramco and its customers to sail along increasingly costly...
