Regulatory
Yemen: oil import rules
These are the same rules the Regulatory Matrix API serves for Yemen-bound trade: which products private parties can move, which run through a government or monopoly route, and which are closed outright.
Compiled regulatory guidance from OilFlow Network, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the relevant national regulator before structuring a deal.
Product-by-product
- Crude oilRESTRICTED
- Restricted: government/monopoly routeCivil-war-era production minimal. Marib and Masila basins have intermittent output. Ras Isa terminal under Houthi de facto control. UN-monitored fuel-import mechanism (Verification and Inspection Mechanism, UNVIM) applies to Houthi-held ports (Hodeidah, Saleef, Ras Isa).
- Refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline, jet)RESTRICTED
- Restricted: government/monopoly routeCommercial fuel imports permissible but require UNVIM clearance for Houthi-held ports. Counterparty screening for UN-designated and OFAC-designated Houthi-affiliated entities is mandatory.
- LPGRESTRICTED
- Restricted: government/monopoly routeSame UNVIM-controlled import framework.
Frequently asked
- Can private companies import crude oil into Yemen?
- Civil-war-era production minimal. Marib and Masila basins have intermittent output. Ras Isa terminal under Houthi de facto control. UN-monitored fuel-import mechanism (Verification and Inspection Mechanism, UNVIM) applies to Houthi-held ports (Hodeidah, Saleef, Ras Isa).
- Are refined products (diesel, fuel oil, gasoline) tradeable by private importers in Yemen?
- Commercial fuel imports permissible but require UNVIM clearance for Houthi-held ports. Counterparty screening for UN-designated and OFAC-designated Houthi-affiliated entities is mandatory.
- Does OilFlow screen counterparties against Yemen regulations?
- Yes. The same rule table shown on this page ships in the Regulatory Matrix API; counterparty checks destined for Yemen are gated against these rules automatically.
Use this jurisdiction
This rule table is one leg of every counterparty check we run: the tradability rule for the destination country fires alongside the fraud cluster match and the eight-list sanctions screen. Compliance teams that want to call /api/v1/regulatory/check from their own intake systems are scoped on a call, no list price. Screening a named counterparty into Yemen? Run the free check below. A Counterparty Screen is $95, ordered by email to [email protected]: machine output on one named counterparty inside the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel.
Order on one named counterparty
Counterparty Screen$95
One name, delivered within the hour, marked DRAFT for review by independent legal counsel, no human read. PEP is not screened; adverse media is not swept.
Counterparty File$500
One named counterparty, the Screen's steps plus a named human's written read and signature, in your inbox by the end of the third business day or the fee is refunded in full.
Email [email protected] with the product and the counterparty name in the subject. An invoice comes back by reply. Both are prepaid by invoice or marketplace order; there is no card checkout.