How 'Dark' Tankers In Strait Of Hormuz Are Keeping Oil Prices In Check - NDTV
How 'Dark' Tankers In Strait Of Hormuz Are Keeping Oil Prices In Check - NDTV
Source: NDTV
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The Strait has been effectively closed for five months, with only 1 ship transiting on August 16 versus the normal 73 per day and 2,000 vessels stranded. If dark tankers were keeping prices in check, Brent wouldn't be trading 20% below its one-year high during a confirmed 4.3 million barrel-per-day supply shortfall. The real story is demand destruction, not smuggling ingenuity.