YanbuNon-Iranian Hormuz crude flows hit the pre-war 13.5 million barrels a day, Kpler says.
Brent still trades near $102 as new US deployments keep the risk premium alive, Emirates NBD says.
More tankers run the strait under US escort, while Saudi Arabia and the UAE pipe crude past it.
Chatham House’s Sanam Vakil said “higher exports today should not be mistaken for a new normal.”
OPEC+ meets Sunday and is expected to hold November output targets steady.
How each outlet framed it
- The National
- analyzes tension between supply normalization (Strait reassurance) and geopolitical risk premium from renewed US military deployment
- The New Arab leans critical
- frames rebound as asymmetric: Gulf/Iraqi crude restore to pre-war levels while Iran deprived of exports by US counterblockade
Sources: The National, The New Arab