Saudi Arabia bypasses the "Double Straits" oil export route, increasing shipping time by one month.

Due to the disruption of shipping in the major international energy transportation channels of the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait by the conflict in the Middle East, the oil-producing country Saudi Arabia is now forced to divert its oil exports through the Suez Canal in Egypt and sail around Africa. The detour will add approximately a month to the shipping time and double the transportation costs. According to data from the international market service agency Kepler and the London Stock Exchange Group's shipping research company, a tanker sailing from the western Red Sea port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to Asia through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait usually takes only 19 days. However, the route via the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean, the Strait of Gibraltar, and around the Cape of Good Hope to Asia requires 48 days. Reuters calculates that the fuel cost alone increases from $1.26 million to approximately $2.87 million on the detour route, in addition to paying approximately $1 million for passage through the Suez Canal.