Dollars and Sense
That discount is the reason ships keep sailing. Chinese state carriers have stayed out since late July and take their cargoes by ship-to-ship transfer...
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Dollars and Sense
Jack Buckby examines Iran's badly timed discovery: a Fars province field worth fifteen years of a South Pars phase, announced while war-damaged plants await...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The report said the 5,000 people on the aircraft carrier “went without basic supplies,” including toothpaste, deodorant, and soap, for long stretches of its...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Emirates has cut every commercial and financial tie. Chinese refiners are buying Brazilian and Iraqi crude instead. Iran's president said on Friday that...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The threat against Oman looks different once you know what Washington reportedly fears: that Muscat and other Gulf capitals might open the strait themselves,...
Dollars and Sense
Seven commodity vessels crossed the strait on Thursday, none of them supertankers or gas carriers. Traffic through the Bab el-Mandeb dropped as well. Chinese...
The Treaty
Going dark hides tankers from Iranian targeting and from the commercial trackers at the same time, which is why public counts show a trickle...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The West went into this crisis with less refining capacity than it once had and is scheduled to lose more. Global processing has fallen...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Energy Information Administration counted well over twenty million barrels a day through the strait in early 2025. By the second quarter of this...