# Middle East oil exports surpass pre-war levels despite tensions, data shows

https://mins.news/en/item/85932

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-05 05:20 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/5/middle-east-oil-exports-surpass-pre-war-levels-despite-tensions-data-shows?traffic_source=rss

> Provisional Kpler data indicates that Middle Eastern crude exports exceeded pre-war levels on four days in the final week of September, reaching 19.5–22.5 million barrels per day. IRGC commander Ali Fadavi called flows through a US-supervised Hormuz route negligible. Iran’s parliament speaker said the strait would stay closed until Washington accepts Tehran’s seven-day reopening plan.

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