Oman Becoming Hot Spot for Ship-to-Ship Transfers of Russian Oil
- Crude heading to India being reloaded in waters off the nation
- Rise in activity comes as US steps up scrutiny of the flows
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The waters off Oman are emerging as a hot spot for ship-to-ship transfers of Russian oil heading to India, as the US steps up scrutiny of the flows.
New Discovery is the latest tanker to transfer its load of Russian crude to another vessel near the Omani port of Sohar this week. The ship had been signaling Sikka in western India as its destination from early March, before idling off the country’s west coast for more than a week and then traveling back to Oman to make the transfer, according to Bloomberg ship-tracking.