Hormuz Tanker Traffic Hits Two-Month Low as Attacks Surge
energy_supply_shockMiddle EastOilPrice8 Oct, 07:00 UTC
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The number of tankers traversing the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to the lowest in two months amid renewed attacks on vessels in the waterway—right after tanker-tracking outlets said oil flows out of Hormuz are back to pre-war levels. “Crude crossing the strait fell 27% from a wartime high the week before, to at least 10.1 million barrels a day,” two Kpler analysts reported, as the firm counted only seven commodity carriers traversing the strait on Tuesday. This was the lowest figure since late July, the analysts said. “That…
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