According to tanker tracking data, for the week ending July 17, Saudi Arabia exported 5.9 million barrels of crude oil per day through the two terminals at Yanbu Port, a record high. In the seven days up to July 20, the average daily export volume fell back to 5.5 million barrels. This data includes crude oil shipped to Jizan and crude oil supplied to power plants along the Red Sea coast, where Saudi Aramco operates an oil refinery. The Houthis said that the blockade was imposed in response to Saudi Arabia's siege of the Yemeni capital Sana'a, but the organization also has ties to Iran. The Houthis also warned shipowners in an email not to dock at Saudi ports.

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