ReportedShipping, energy & marketsPersian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
Kpler: Iranian crude stored at sea falls to about 29 million barrels from 90 million
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 2:30 PM in Tehran
- Where
- Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman
Iranian crude held on tankers outside the US blockade fell from roughly 90 million barrels in mid-July to about 29 million barrels, according to Kpler data cited in the ISW-Critical Threats Iran Update for Sep 7.
Why it matters
A shrinking floating buffer leaves Iran less oil already at sea to sell while the blockade holds, tightening the squeeze on its export revenue.
Source
- Critical Threats (ISW/AEI) citing Kplercriticalthreats.org
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Correction
- Now gives the local time where it happened, 2:30 PM Tehran time, Sep 7, 2026 (the moment itself is unchanged); corrected the headline (it read "Kpler reports Iranian floating crude stockpile falls to 29 million barrels from 90 million"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Strait of Hormuz region to Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman; reclassified it from energy_market to energy-markets; updated the sourcing note. Why and evidence