Hormuz Oil Flows Fell by Nearly Half, and Iran Wants Ships to Check In

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If you heat with oil, drive a diesel, or buy anything shipped from Asia, the number that matters this week is how many tankers actually get out of the Persian Gulf. Kpler’s latest count shows oil cleared through the Strait of Hormuz averaging about 46% below prewar levels over seven days, with tanker crossings near…

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Houthis Hit Aramco Headquarters and Told Shipping Firms to Leave

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If your winter fuel or imported goods still depend on Gulf barrels and boxes, the war just moved from closing an airport to the hitting the company that runs Saudi Arabia’s oil system. A Houthi strike late Tuesday hit an administrative building at Saudi Aramco’s Dhahran headquarters and sparked a fire. On Wednesday the group…

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