Middle East tanker transits Sep 20-26, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 2.1/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 10.0/day

WTI: $92.41

BRENT: $104.32

GASOLINE USA: $4.45 

 

 

Middle East tanker transits Sep 17-23, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 1.6/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 8.7/day

 WTI: $93.11

BRENT: $105.62

GASOLINE USA: $4.49 

 

 

Middle East tanker transits Sep 13-19, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 1.3/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 9.0/day

 WTI: $98.11

BRENT: $101.64

GASOLINE USA: $4.45 

 

 

Middle East tanker transits Sep 10-16, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 1.3/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 8.3/day

WTI: $101.07

BRENT: $103.83

GASOLINE USA: $4.47

 

Middle East tanker transits Sep 6-12, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 2.0/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 9.6/day

WTI: $100.05

BRENT: $104.61

GASOLINE USA: $4.28 

Joint Maritime Information Center Update 096 to JMIC Advisory Note 

Yanbu out

 

Middle East tanker transits Sep 2-9, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 1.5/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 13.0/day

 Ah, an 8-day table instead of a 7-day.

Not gonna catch me dividing by a smaller number, no-sir-ee. 

This JMIC Advisory Note leads off with no fewer than 8 ship incidents, 5 of which were U.S. CENTCOM disabling actions.

For the tanker table please go here: 

Joint Maritime Information Center Update 095 JMIC Advisory Note 10 September 

Meanwhile at this hour . . .

WTI $102.87

BRENT $108.16

USA GASOLINE $4.27 

Middle East tanker transits 30 August - 5 September, 2026 per UKMTO JMIC Update 094: Strait of Hormuz 0.9/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 11.9/day

WTI: $92.95

BRENT: $97.61

GASOLINE USA: $4.09

 

Middle East tanker transits per UKMTO JMIC Update 093, August 27-September 2, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 1.0/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 9.4/day

WTI: $91

BRENT: $96

GASOLINE USA: $4.12

 

Middle East tanker transits August 25-31, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 2.1/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 9.3/day

WTI: $89

BRENT: $94

GASOLINE USA: $4.09

 

Middle East tanker transits August 23-29, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 1.9/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 10.3/day

WTI: $85

BRENT: $90

GASOLINE USA: $4.03

 

Middle East tanker transits August 20-26, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 2.9/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 12.3/day

 

Middle East tanker transits August 18-24, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 2.3/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 13.3/day

 

 

https://www.ukmto.org/-/media/ukmto/products/update-089-jmic-advisory-note-25-august.pdf?rev=2ead1ce051fa4c21be1cc8daf7925ef4

Middle East tanker transits August 16-22, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 2.4/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 12.6/day

 

Middle East tanker transits August 13-19, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 1.9/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 11.0/day

WTI is $86

Brent is $94

Gasoline averages $4.10

Diesel averages $5.59

 

U.S. Petroleum Balance Sheet, Total Stocks, year over year:

Jan 23  +107.7 million barrels

Aug 14 -127.8 million barrels

 

 

Middle East tanker transits Aug 11-17, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 1.4/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 8.7/day

 JMIC UPDATE 086:

... IRGC attacks, hailing, and routing pressure continue, particularly for AIS-on vessels [in the Strait of Hormuz]. ... Vessels stationary for extended periods, or maintaining AIS-on while static, may still face elevated targeting risk [in the Arabian Gulf]. ... AIS-off operations at Yanbu remain the established norm. The AIS-off berth and waiting-area posture has been sustained without interruption for six weeks. ... AIS-off operations at Yanbu berths, waiting areas and approaches are highly likely to remain elevated. ...  

Middle East tanker transits August 9-15, 2026: Strait of Hormuz 1.3/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 9.6/day

 

Middle East tanker transits August 6-12, 2026 per UKMTO JMIC Update 084: Strait of Hormuz 1.9/day, Bab-el-Mandeb Strait 10.6/day

Saudis ramp up oil exports using Sumed pipeline to the Mediterranean, Sidi Kerir Egypt now exporting 2.3 mbpd in August, more than double the July level

Most of this oil is now going to Europe and the U.S. instead of Asia because of the extra time and shipping cost for going around Africa.

The UAE is now in the catbird seat for shipping oil to Asia, at least until Iran decides to attack Fujairah.

 

Saudi Arabia ramps up oil exports through Mediterranean pipeline to avoid attacks in Red Sea  

 ... Oil exports from Egypt’s Mediterranean port of Sidi Kerir have more than doubled to about 2.3 million barrels per day in August compared to around 1 million bpd last month, according to data provided by the trade intelligence firm Kpler. The majority of those exports are Saudi crude, said Matt Smith, director of commodity research at Kpler. ...

Saudi exports from Yanbu through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait were down nearly 90% to 1.3 million barrels during the week of Aug. 3, compared with 11 million barrels for the week of July 20 when the Houthis declared the embargo, according to Kpler data. ...

 

 

Middle East tanker transits August 4-10, 2026

 SoH: 1.9/day (70.0/day 2022)

BAM: 10.1/day (30.0/day 2022)

 

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