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Well, what happened was that CENTCOM began providing protection in the SoH and then everyone got in on the oil export bonanza. As a result of that, both the price of oil and shipping went up; and may continue. Prior to that, oil had actually dropped between May and July.
@TankerTrackers Pretty sure the main reason is the cost of transporting the oil has gone up exponentially, even if difference in volume isn't substantial