Suez

If the Houthis take Dubaab and Parim, Saudi crude has no sea route east or west that is not under fire.

Suez traffic right through Egypt, Suez traffic that recovered 42% in July goes into reverse and the Sumed pipeline into the Mediterranean becomes the only clean path out of the Gulf.

That is not a $100 a barrel world.

It is the scenario that takes real Brent toward the 1980 and 2008 peaks.

And now let us see what nature has accomplished by means of her sandblast which has been in operation for ages past.

In the neighbourhood of Suez the ground is thickly covered with red sand which is so fine as to be set in motion by the slightest breath of air.

Even on a still day it looks as if a thin cloud of smoke were constantly sweeping over the surface, while if the wind be but moderately strong it is almost impossible to face it owing to the cutting sharpness of the sand with which it is laden, and the hands when held close to the ground at such times tingle unbearably for the same reason.

Footnote concerning an illustration of a sand glacier overwhelming a garden in Elbow Bay, Bermudas.

It does, however, affect the weight of the water, which is much heavier than fresh water and is heaviest where it is saltest.

So perfectly is the circulation of the ocean maintained by means of currents, etc., that seawater varies little in composition all over the world.

And even before the cutting of the Suez Canal, the waters of the Mediterranean and Red Sea contained the same minerals, though the latter is not fed by a single river or brook and communicates with the Indian Ocean while the former opens into the Atlantic.

As, however, evaporation takes place from the surface, the surface water becomes slightly salter, but as it also becomes heavier, it sinks, the lighter water from below taking its place.

They got offers approaching 5.5 million metric tons and were able to close on about 1.8 million metric tons.

And this just shows that there's probably a little bit of a looseness of supply particularly east of the Suez.

And a lot of this had to do with China reentering the global market.

A lot of this had to do with volumes that did escape the Strait of Hormuz in that temporary cessation of the conflict and the early days of the MOU.

What I highlight in the ABR is the risks on the ammonia front.

I think a lot of retailers, a lot of distributors have come to the farmers maybe a month, month and a bit earlier than normal to try and lock in some semblance of commitment.

But we had initially kind of, well, we have this biased sentiment of pricing coming down in the west of the Suez market.

It's been quite high, but we're starting to get signals of it being a little bit tighter, particularly compared to the east of the Suez market.

And now let us see what nature has accomplished by means of her sandblast, which has been in operation for ages past.

In the neighbourhood of Suez the ground is thickly covered with red sand, which is so fine as to be set in motion by the slightest breath of air.

Even on a still day it looks as if a thin cloud of smoke were constantly sweeping over the surface, while if the wind be but moderately strong it is almost impossible to face it owing to the cutting sharpness of the sand with which it is laden, and the hands, when held close to the ground at such times, tingle unbearably for the same reason.

Footnote concerning an illustration of a sand glacier overwhelming a garden in Elbow Bay, Bermudas.

If all the invisible salts of the sea could be extracted, they would cover several millions of square miles one mile deep, and yet all this vast amount of matter makes no difference in the bulk of the ocean, whose waters would occupy as much space if it were all taken away.

It does, however, affect the weight of the water, which is much heavier than freshwater and is heaviest where it is saltest.

So perfectly is the circulation of the ocean maintained by means of currents, etc., that seawater varies little in composition all over the world, and even before the cutting of the Suez Canal, the waters of the Mediterranean and Red Sea contained the same minerals, though the latter is not fed by a single river or brook and communicates with the Indian Ocean while the former opens into the Atlantic.

As, however, evaporation takes place from the surface, the surface water becomes slightly salter, but as it also becomes heavier, it sinks, the lighter water from below taking its place, and as a constant exchange is thus kept up, no one part can be much salter than another.

All were sort of dismissed by the U.S. as a toll scheme, and all three of those entities have been sanctioned by OFAC.

So ships looking for an alternative route to taking the northern route out of Suez by engaging with Iran and risking being outcast from the US dollar banking system, among other things that come with US sanctions, could instead try the southern route.

But it's not an easy decision to make, as the risk off the Oman coast is that Iran may target vessels with missiles for trying to cross the strait without Iran's authorization.

Also in the last week of August, PGSA released a blacklist of 45 vessels which it threatened with fines, detention or confiscation for breaking Iran's Hormuz transit rules.

On the voyage between Alexandria and Marseilles, he had been as ill as even a notary could be.

And now that he was doomed to go to the Suez, and he knew not where, he had resolved to journey on land so long as he could avoid the sea.

Saouk had not the least objection to this.

Antifer was anything but eager to secure them as traveling companions, and had made an appointment to meet them at the end of the month at Suez, without saying that thence they would have to go on to Muscat, when the notary would have to brave the horrors of the perfidious element.

Antifer had even added, As your clients had ordered you to be present at the digging up of the legacy, you shall be there.

But if circumstances oblige us to travel together, let us keep to ourselves, for I have no desire to be on intimate terms with either you or your clerk.

On the one hand, he was urged by the fear of losing his commission.

On the other, he was dominated by Saouk's implacable will.

One of the reasons behind this Atlantic Basin weakness, particularly within high sulfur cracks, has been the Venezuelan supply still providing more than enough marginal supply for high sulfur residue into the broader Atlantic Basin market.

This has ultimately prompted independent blenders to face terrible blending margins for 3.5, particularly as some Iraqi molecules have made their way into Europe via the Syria-Durban route.

Now pointing direction a little bit towards the eastward market, spreads and cracks have been much stronger than seasonal norms.

Despite power burning started to taper off, the east still lacks resin from lower crude arrivals in general, and Russian exports looking considerably lower year on year.

The cost of this expedition from west to east and back again, which occupied several years, must have been great, however abundant the hospitality was which she met with.

In the return from Mount Sinai to Clisma, Suez, she mentions the animals she used.

These were apparently not camels, for she immediately speaks of them by name as used by the natives of Paran.

But for the first part of the ascent of Mount Nebo, east of Jordan, she was able to use asellus, an ass or mule, whereas she had to walk all the way up Mount Sinai, not even asella, litter, being possible, because of its great steepness.

End of Section 1 Section 2 of The Pilgrimage of Etheria by Etheria This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

Introduction, Resume of Her Journeyings The narrative, as we now possess it, opens in the middle of a sentence at the point where the pilgrim had already reached the megalithic remains at Kibroth-hataavah, in sight of the mountain range of Sinai.

It may reasonably be assumed that the missing part contained the account of her journey from her western home to Constantinople, from thence through what is now Asia Minor to Antioch and on to Jerusalem, the events of her stay there, apart from the description of the services which she gives later on at page 45 and following, and her journey from thence towards Mount Sinai by way of Clisma, now Suez, and Faran, or Paran.

She had just before probably ascended the mountain of Faran, where the hands of Moses were uplifted during the battle with Amalek at Exodus 17, 10 following, and came down again into the plain, see page 22 below.