Data released by maritime tracking agency Kpler on Wednesday showed that oil exports have reached, and even surpassed, pre-war levels despite resurgent terror attacks by Iran on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.
\n\nKpler reported total oil flows had reached 24.5 million barrels per day (bpd) by the week ending October 18, which is actually higher than the 24.4 million bpd average recorded on February 22, a week before the conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran began.
\n\nThese totals included oil shipped through various alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz, including the Red Sea transit route, which some Gulf producers turned to when Iran began attacking tankers in Hormuz with drones, missiles, and mines. Kpler’s total did not include oil exports from Iran, which have dropped to near-zero due to the U.S. blockade.
\n\nKpler noted that the volume of ship traffic through the Strait remains far below pre-war levels. Over a hundred ships per day passed through the Strait of Hormuz in happier times, while about 20 ships were known to complete the transit over the past ten days. Since those ships tend to run “dark” by turning off their transponders so Iran cannot easily target them, the…
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