Saudi Arabia ​has exported 4.355 million barrels per day of crude so ‌far ⁠in March, data from analytics firm Kpler showed, down from 7.108 million bpd in February.

The producer is trying to boost crude exports via ​Yanbu to ​offset the ⁠Strait of Hormuz disruption, with loadings seen rising to record volumes in ​March. China‘s top refiner Sinopec (600028.SS), opens new tab is ​set ⁠to load about 24 million barrels of Saudi crude from Yanbu in March.