Saudi Arabia has been exporting record amounts of refined products from its Red Sea refineries since the build up to the Hormuz crisis. The kingdom’s 1.9mn b/d fleet of Red Sea refineries is supplied through the 7mn b/d East-West pipeline, and has become an important source of refined products following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The Red Sea refineries are generally modern plants designed to supply European markets with ultra low sulfur diesel (ULSD). Saudi Aramco increased throughputs at its Red Sea plants in the buildup to the Middle East conflict that broke out on 28 February as a precautionary measure, and has kept runs at an elevated level since then. Red Sea products exports averaged 802,000 b/d over the first five months of 2025, and have increased by 27% to 1.02mn b/d for the same period this year, Kpler data shows. (CONTINUED – 759 WORDS)
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