Middle East oil exports at highest level since Iran war, Kepler data shows

Middle East crude exports reached 12.8 million barrels per day in September, their highest level since the Iran war began in February, Kepler data showed.

• Saudi Arabia, the region's largest exporter, shipped about 5.4 million barrels per day in September, up from 2.446 million in August, Kepler data showed.
• Nineteen very large crude carriers, each carrying about two million barrels of Saudi oil, departed the Strait of Hormuz last week.
• Kepler data projected exports through the Strait of Hormuz at about 7.4 million barrels per day this month.
• Regional exports remain about six million barrels per day below February's 18.8 million, before the US-Israeli war on Iran began on February 28.