# Chinese refiners

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-18**: Details emerge on grades and buyers — gCaptain reports Aramco is marketing Arab Medium and Arab Heavy via ship-to-ship transfer from Sohar to select Chinese refiners, with satellite imagery showing 9M barrels loaded at Ras Tanura.
- **2026-08-17**: Bloomberg reports Saudi ship-to-ship offers — Bloomberg reports Saudi Arabia is offering oil from off the coast of Oman, signaling the kingdom may be shuttling barrels through Hormuz like the UAE.
- **2026-07-23**: Houthi strikes on Saudi oil tankers off Aden — Houthi forces carry out missile and drone strikes on Saudi oil tankers near Aden, Yemen, intensifying threats to the Red Sea corridor.
- **2026-05**: Aramco first shuttles supplies through Hormuz — Saudi Aramco's trading arm shuttles some crude supplies through the Strait of Hormuz for the first time, testing the model later adopted more broadly.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Saudi Ship-to-Ship Oil Swap: 9M Barrels Rerouted via Hormuz
2026-08-18 17:16:59 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

Saudi Aramco is marketing ship-to-ship cargoes of Arab Medium and Arab Heavy from Sohar, Oman — a logistics signal that Riyadh is shuttling crude through the Strait of Hormuz to bypass Houthi threats to its Red Sea route. For supply chain and logistics operators, the move reshapes crude routing, tanker demand, and war-risk exposure across the Middle East Gulf.
Full story: https://getsupplybrief.com/story/saudi-ship-to-ship-oil-shuttling-hormuz

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