Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia is the biggest crude export terminal on the planet. It sit quiet for almost four months after the Hormuz fight started in March. Loadings restarted late June. The July 30 satellite clip in this video looks empty and the guy points at dark patches he calls oil slicks from bombed tankers. That snapshot is real for that day. It is not the whole story. By late August satellites showed ships loading again, about 7 million barrels of capacity at the terminal. The war wrecked the normal flow. Recovery is messy and uneven.
Satellites Show Saudi Arabia Loading More Oil in Persian Gulf
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-08-26/satellites-show-saudi-arabia-loading-more-oil-in-persian-gulf
TankerMap Ras Tanura live calls
https://tankermap.com/port/ras-tanura
