Iranian oil tankers appear to be rushing out of the Strait of Hormuz. Tracking firm TankerTrackers reports Iran exported roughly 10 million barrels of crude oil and fuel during the night, a sharp increase in the export rate. For comparison, maritime intelligence firm Windward Intelligence says Iran exported about 60 million barrels of oil in total over the past three weeks. - CNN
Iranian speedboats are a big obstacle in the Strait of Hormuz
Iran's small attack boats have always been a problem for years. They operate under the supervision of the Revolutionary Guards and have the ability to attack their targets
Here me out: TankerTrackers reports Iran has up to 20 VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers, supertankers each can hold 2 million barrels of oil) available to absorb excess crude, buying Iran’s oil fields critical time before forced well shutdow...
Here me out: TankerTrackers reports Iran has up to 20 VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers, supertankers each can hold 2 million barrels of oil) available to absorb excess crude, buying Iran’s oil fields critical time before forced well shutdowns.
All you need is one unknown covert operation.
Kharg Island runs on subsea manifolds. Underwater junction points where every pipeline from Iran’s mainland oil fields converges before splitting out to the offshore loading platforms. They are the circulatory system of the entire terminal. No manifolds, no flow.
An unknown underwater drone reaches those manifolds.
Even with outside help, repairing subsea infrastructure underwater in wartime takes at least 3 weeks. That is before a single barrel moves.
Every VLCC sitting full offshore will be at zero use. The wells shut in quite quickly.
NEW: Iran has shipped about 9 million barrels of crude from floating storage in the Gulf of Oman since the U.S. blockade began on April 13 at 14:00 UTC, according to Tankertrackers data.
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