Exports of crude and condensate from the UAE are set to recover after more than two weeks of disruption caused by rains and floods at the key UAE oil port terminal, Fujairah.
On August 17, Adnoc Onshore said in a statement:
“The main oil terminal at the Port of Fujairah has partially resumed loading and the recovery is still ongoing.”
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. diverted crude exports to Jebel Dana port on the Persian Gulf coast after floods disrupted operations at the port of Fujairah. The company said it would continue to use the ports of Fujairah and Jebel Dana to export oil .
According to tanker tracking data monitored by foreign media, the supertanker Kashimasan was loaded from the UAE in Das Island in the Persian Gulf, and then sailed at a single-point mooring facility near the port of Fujairah on August 16 before heading for Cochin, India . The Kashimasan is the first tanker to arrive at the port of Fujairah since Abu Dhabi National Oil Company suspended loading operations at its oil terminal late last month.
The UAE’s oil exports fell to about 3.57 million bpd in the first 16 days of August, down slightly from a revised 3.72 million bpd in July, when monthly exports of UAE oil jumped to more than five years ago. the highest level.
On August 17, Murad, the managing director of the Port of Fujairah, said that the operation of the port was returning to normal. While the port was relatively unaffected by flooding, the port’s oil terminal was severely affected. Now, while all the cargo terminals at the Port of Fujairah are operational, maintenance of critical terminal electrical equipment is still ongoing, Murad said .