Houthi threat triggers tanker crunch as Saudi oil reroutes

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The Houthi naval blockade of Saudi Arabia has caused significant rerouting of Saudi crude oil, tightening global tanker supply and increasing freight rates. This disruption adds further stress to an already strained global oil market, with Saudi Arabia depending more on its East-West pipeline.

The Houthi naval blockade on Saudi Arabia has forced a mass rerouting of its crude, tightening global tanker supply and driving up freight rates, traders and analysts have said, adding stress to a global oil market already under strain. Saudi Arabia has increasingly depended on its East-West pipeline as an outlet for its crude, allowing ...