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Saudi Aramco reports bumper profits as it bypasses Strait of Hormuz

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By Sean Mathews Verified
| Middle East Eye Verified
Saudi Aramco said on Tuesday its profits surged 33 percent in the second quarter of this year, as the kingdom benefited from the US-Israeli war on Iran, which drove up energy prices, while its oil pipeline allowed it to bypass the Strait of Hormuz. The state-owned Saudi Arabian oil giant’s adjusted net income rose to $33.4bn from $25.2bn a year ago. The second quarter runs from early April to the end of June.
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Normalisation not discussed during months of Saudi-US nuclear negotiations, sources say

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By Mohammed Sinan Siyech, Sean Mathews Verified
| Middle East Eye Verified
Since November 2025, the US and Saudi Arabia have been hashing out a civilian nuclear agreement, but in dozens of exchanges between officials, Riyadh’s diplomatic recognition of Israel never once came up, one current and one former US official familiar with the talks told Middle East Eye. “Normalisation was never listed as a condition,” one of the sources told MEE.
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From Syria to UAE, the race to bypass Strait of Hormuz is on

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By Sean Mathews Verified
| Middle East Eye Verified
The Middle East is entering a pipeline-building boom from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Oman, as Arab oil producers rush to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran is fighting to exert its dominance over global energy flows. Tens of billions of dollars will be spent in the coming years to bypass the chokepoint where the US and Iran are battling for control, experts say.
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