---
title: "California receives final Middle East oil shipment as gas prices hit $6.16"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/286684848.md"
description: "California has received its final shipment of Middle Eastern oil, delivered by the supertanker New Corolla in Long Beach. Market intelligence firms Vortexa and Kpler indicate that no further shipments will arrive until months after the Strait of Hormuz reopens, coinciding with rising gas prices reaching $6.16."
datetime: "2026-05-17T22:45:18.000Z"
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# California receives final Middle East oil shipment as gas prices hit $6.16

A supertanker called the New Corolla docked in Long Beach recently, delivering what market intelligence firms Vortexa and Kpler confirm is California's last incoming shipment of Middle Eastern oil. Another tanker carrying Middle Eastern crude will not dock in California until months after the Strait of Hormuz reopens, according to those firms. For ...

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