Oil falls as Hormuz shipments offset Middle East shipping risk

Bloomberg · 9 hours ago
Oil falls as Hormuz shipments offset Middle East shipping risk
  • Brent crude dropped toward $102 a barrel and WTI traded near $92, reversing an almost 4% gain on Wednesday.
  • US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News that 17 million barrels sometimes transited the Strait of Hormuz per day.
  • Clarksons Research put the daily Hormuz volume at about 8 million barrels earlier this month, below the US figure.

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17 million barrels “sometimes” transited Hormuz per dayScott Bessent
about 8 million barrels earlier this monthClarksons Research

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