Saudi Arabia Oil Port May Have Loaded 7.6 Million Barrels a Day

By Rob Sheridan - Sep 9, 2011 11:56 AM GMT-0500

Oil tankers that can carry about 7.6 million barrels a day went to Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura, the world’s largest export facility for crude oil, last week, ship- tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show.

Vessels with a combined capacity of at least 7.3 million deadweight tons were at the facility from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3. To estimate what that equates to in barrels a day, the figure was first multiplied by 7.33 to calculate the total barrels, and then divided by seven, the number of days in the period.

Japan will get the largest share of shipments loaded this week. Supertankers with a combined capacity of 2.4 million tons, carrying about 17.6 million barrels of crude, are sailing to the country after going to the terminal. China, South Korea and the U.S. will get three tankers each, according to data captured by satellites and shore-based antennae.

Following are the ships loading in Saudi Arabia and the companies that hired them and their estimated time of arrival, where data are available. Drafts are expressed as a percentage of maximum sailing depth and are an indication of cargo size.

Vessel Name         Charterer DWT       ETA       Draft

Brazil
Astro Chloe         Reliance  318,440   Oct. 4    95

China
Xin Yue Yang        Unipec    297,232   Sept. 20  95
New Vista           Unipec    297,252   Sept. 23  93
Chang Jiang Zhi Hui Unipec    296,481   Sept. 20  94
Total                         890,965

Egypt
Maersk Newton       CPC       307,284   Sept. 11  98

France
Maersk Sara         ExxonMobil323,182   Oct. 8    93

India
Maharshi Parashuram Reliance  93,322    Sept. 13  96

Japan
Tohshi              S-Oil     300,363   Sept. 26  98
Nichihiko           Thaioil   281,705   Sept. 25  98
Toba                ExxonMobil299,980   Sept. 22  98
Kou-Ei              Thaioil   279,999   Sept. 22  99
Kaminesan           SK        303,896   Sept. 24  98
Starlight Venture   Fuji      317,970   Sept. 28  64
C Majesty           Idemitsu  316,427   Sept. 22  90
Maersk Hakata       Fuji      302,550   Sept. 19  96
Total                         2,402,890

Indonesia
Arena XXVII         BP        307,190   Sept. 16  85

Malaysia
Constantinos        Petrobras 73,307    Sept. 15  82

Saudi Arabia
Stavanger Bliss     Chevron   105,400   Sept. 11  87

Singapore
Front Tina          Chevron   298,824   Sept. 20  95

South Korea
Universal Prime     Reliance  299,985   Oct. 2    94
Blue Pearl          Ssangyong 321,050   Sept. 24  87
Kai-Ei              Caltex    299,997   Jan 1, 2012    95
Total                         921,032

Taiwan
New Valor           CPC       284,631   Sept. 18  97

U.S.
Gemini Voyager      Reliance  310,139   Oct. 9    96
Habari              Reliance  317,664   Oct. 15   95
Janah Star          PetroChina319,464   Oct. 18   95
Total                         947,267

Source:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-09-09/saudi-arabia-oil-port-may-have-loaded-7-6-million-barrels-a-day.html