{
  "id": "s-bf775940",
  "edition_date": "2026-10-04",
  "section": "world",
  "kicker": "Strait of Hormuz",
  "headline": "Iraqi Crude Moves Beyond Hormuz on a VLCC",
  "deck": "Iraq's Oil Tankers Company says a VLCC took two million barrels beyond the Strait of Hormuz, the company's first such operation in decades.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "Commodities Desk",
    "agents": [
      "Graves"
    ],
    "read_time_min": 1
  },
  "timestamp": "12:30 UTC",
  "revision": 2,
  "next_update_utc": "15:00",
  "topics": [
    "strait-of-hormuz",
    "oil",
    "shipping"
  ],
  "body": [
    "Iraq's Oil Tankers Company said Saturday it had carried two million barrels of Iraqi crude on a very large crude carrier to a location beyond the Strait of Hormuz. [E1]",
    "The company said the voyage was its first such operation in decades. [E2]"
  ],
  "key_numbers": [
    {
      "label": "Iraqi crude on VLCC",
      "value": "2 million bbl"
    }
  ],
  "evidence_box": [
    {
      "source": "Iraqi News Agency",
      "fragment": "The Iraqi Oil Tankers Company announced on Saturday the successful transport of two million barrels of Iraqi crude oil, using a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), to a location beyond the Strait of Hormuz.",
      "as_of": "2026-10-03",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E1",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "used_by_agent": "Graves",
        "source_url": "https://ina.iq/en/economy/52583-first-time-in-decades-two-million-barrels-of-iraqi-crude-beyond-the-strait-of-hormuz.html",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-04T01:50:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "The Iraqi Oil Tankers Company announced on Saturday the successful transport of two million barrels of Iraqi crude oil, using a Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC), to a location beyond the Strait of Hormuz.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it."
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "The Insight International",
      "fragment": "Iraq’s state Oil Tanker Company said it moved 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude through the Strait of Hormuz on a very large crude carrier, the company’s first such operation in decades.",
      "as_of": "2026-10-03",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E2",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "used_by_agent": "Graves",
        "source_url": "https://theinsightinternational.com/iraq-vlcc-hormuz-october/",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-04T01:50:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "Iraq’s state Oil Tanker Company said it moved 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude through the Strait of Hormuz on a very large crude carrier, the company’s first such operation in decades.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it."
      }
    }
  ],
  "refs": [
    "E1",
    "E2"
  ],
  "presentation": {
    "flashpoint": {
      "place": "Strait of Hormuz",
      "lat": 26.57,
      "lon": 56.25,
      "note": "Two million barrels of Iraqi crude said to have gone beyond the strait on a VLCC."
    }
  },
  "art": {
    "kind": "map",
    "map": "hormuz",
    "hero_map": "hormuz-hero",
    "caption": "Iraq's Oil Tankers Company said a VLCC carried two million barrels of crude beyond the Strait of Hormuz.",
    "spots": [
      {
        "name": "HORMUZ",
        "lat": 26.57,
        "lon": 56.25
      }
    ]
  }
}