Saudi Arabia is preparing a contingency plan to ramp up oil exports through Yanbu on the Red Sea if Iran moves to disrupt trade from the Persian Gulf by blocking the Strait of Hormuz.
Yanbu's tanker terminal is already connected to three east west pipelines but it is not clear to what extent they could replace the key Persian Gulf exporting terminal at Ras Tanura and other facilities that would be affected if Iran was able to block the Strait of Hormuz.
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