Gulf producers excluding Oman exported 18.4 million barrels a day in October, which is 26% below pre-war levels, the IEA said. Those exports rose by 950,000 barrels a day from the prior month, according to Bloomberg. Producers in the region are sending some cargoes on low-profile tanker runs across the Strait of Hormuz and are shipping other crude by alternative export routes that never touch the strait.