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ADNOC

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Gulf States and Asian Buyers Build the Structural Hormuz Workaround

While a European-led naval coalition forms to escort tankers, the UAE and Asian buyers are accelerating pipelines, LPG contracts, and reserve deals to permanently route around Iran's chokepoint.

6d ago

markets

Aramco, ADNOC run tankers through Hormuz with AIS off as blockade hardens

Saudi and Emirati oil majors are quietly moving crude and LNG through the Strait of Hormuz with transponders dark, Bloomberg reports, as US Navy interdictions and Iranian threats squeeze legitimate shipping to a trickle.

May 10, 2026

iran middle east

Iran Strikes UAE for First Time Since Ceasefire, Fujairah Refinery Burns

Iran attacked the UAE on May 4 for the first time since the April 8 ceasefire, igniting a fire at the Fujairah oil export hub and striking an ADNOC tanker — threatening the last major bypass route for Gulf crude.

May 5, 2026