{"id":"7300a4a7-5f7e-4ddd-8627-a665747d0da0","url":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwp8gn13lmygo","domain":"bbc.co.uk","outlet":{"name":"BBC","country":"GB","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"British Broadcasting Corporation"},"title":"Three reasons Middle East oil is nearly back to pre-Iran war levels","plainHeadline":"Oil flow from the Middle East reached 92% of pre-war levels in late September.","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["Oil flow from the Middle East reached 92% of its pre-war baseline in the final week of September.","Three factors attributed: escorted ships with US help, shuttle tankers for transfer, and overland pipelines.","About 40% of regional crude exited via pipelines, up from 17% before the war.","Iranian exports have collapsed to near zero due to a US naval blockade.","Sustainability of measures is uncertain amid potential Iranian escalation and policy shifts."],"topics":["Energy","Environment","Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-02T15:29:28.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-02T15:47:51.729Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/3873ee47-bd7c-4d7d-aaeb-42e1d01204e7","storyId":"3873ee47-bd7c-4d7d-aaeb-42e1d01204e7","image":"https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/ace/standard/240/cpsprodpb/203c/live/19116ee0-be75-11f1-bc2e-018d645d8d21.png","author":"Thomas Copeland; Becky Dale","dek":"Experts say US military assistance, using shuttle tankers and pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz mean exports have rebounded."}