#Straitofhormuz

Oil prices surged $7 this week as Iran tensions, Hormuz risks, and weak signals from the Xi-Trump summit overshadow bearish OPEC and IEA demand forecasts.

India and the UAE signed energy, defense, LPG, petroleum reserve, ship repair and supercomputer pacts during Narendra Modi’s Gulf visit.

Talks aimed at ending the conflict have stalled, with Iran refusing to end its nuclear program or relinquish its stockpile of enriched uranium.

Four ships each hauling 2 million barrels of mostly-Iraqi crude have exited since May 10 — a rate close to 2 million barrels a day — according to vessel tracking data.

Iran is allowing some vessels to pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday following talks with Beijing ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Iran’s Araghchi listening, Jaishankar calls for safe Hormuz transit

A top Iranian navy commander claimed the Islamic Republic has deployed some of its small submarines, known as the “dolphins of the Persian Gulf,” in the Strait of Hormuz to wreak furthe…

President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed in a meeting that the Strait of Hormuz must be open for the free flow of energy, according to a White House readout of the summit on Thur…

A ship anchored off the east coast of the United Arab Emirates has been seized and is heading toward Iranian territorial waters, the British military said Thursday.

From Japantimes RSS Feed: Japanese crude tanker emerges outside Hormuz in rare transit

Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained Tuesday that he hopes to convince China to “play a more active role” in persuading Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz. “We’ve made the…

From Nypost RSS Feed: Iran’s impotent ayatollah pleads with people to ‘be frugal’, asks businesses to not layoff workers: ‘Practice saving’

Britain has offered drones, aircraft and naval assets for a potential Hormuz mission amid growing political turmoil at home

The impacts of the Strait of Hormuz closure are being felt beyond the price of gas.

South Korea's Defense Minister said phased support could include expressions of political support, personnel dispatches, information-sharing and providing military assets.

US intelligence reportedly believes that Iran has retained operational access to most of its missile sites along the Strait of Hormuz

“Reopening routes is not the same as normalizing a market that has been deprived of about 1 billion barrels of oil.”

If the Trump administration is serious about restoring the free flow of international commerce illegally strangled by the Tehran regime since the start of hostilities, it should resume Project Free…

Iran delivered its response to Pakistani mediators on Sunday, according to the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.

President Donald Trump has called Iran’s response to latest US proposal for ending the war “totally unacceptable,” after Tehran insisted it would not surrender the strategic leverage it has gained around the Strait of Hormuz.