{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_onum5dhm4h7h7ishfuqq","title":"Saudi Aramco considers discounting STS crude to reclaim lost market share","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/saudi-aramco-considers-discounting-sts-crude-to-reclaim-lost-market-onum5dhm4h","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_onum5dhm4h7h7ishfuqq","seq":526270,"kind":"article","title":"Saudi Aramco considers discounting STS crude to reclaim lost market share","url":"https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/tankers/saudi-aramco-considers-discounting-sts-crude-to-reclaim-lost-market-share","summary":"Saudi Aramco is considering offering discounts on its official selling prices (OSP) for oil loaded off Oman to compensate buyers for record freight rates, five people familiar with the matter said. The move could help Aramco regain some of the market share it has lost due to disruptions to oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. Saudi oil supplies have slowed since the Iran war effectively blocked the strait, while United Arab Emirates state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil…","published":"2026-09-28T19:14:22Z","seen":"2026-09-28T21:30:12Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-bairdmaritime-com-f40416","name":"bairdmaritime.com","domain":"bairdmaritime.com"},"via":"kite-bairdmaritime-com-f40416","topics":["maritime","tankers"],"entities":[{"id":"Q679322","name":"Saudi Aramco","type":"org"}],"image":"https://media.assettype.com/bairdmaritime/import/wp-content/uploads/STS_operations_on_suezmax_oil_tanker.jpg?w=280","story":"st_onum5dhm4h7h7ishfuqq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.9599999785423279,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.05000000074505806,"political":0.20000000298023224}]}