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Hormuz reopening gains momentum as tankers resume transit

June 18, 2026

(World Oil) – Oil and LNG shipments through the Strait of Hormuz accelerated Thursday as the U.S.-Iran interim agreement began taking effect, with stranded cargoes leaving the Persian Gulf and producers testing the reopening of one of the world’s most important energy corridors. According to vessel-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg, four supertankers carrying approximately 8 million bbl of crude either exited

Vance says 60-day period in Iran deal begins Thursday

June 18, 2026

(Investing) – WASHINGTON – U.S. Vice President JD Vance said the 60-day window laid out in a memorandum of understanding approved by President Donald Trump and Iranian leaders begins on Thursday. “I would say the 60-day period officially started today,” Vance told reporters at a White House briefing. Asked what happens after the 60-day period in terms of governance of the

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360 Energy Pulse: What mattered this week in energy

June 5, 2026

(By Oil & Gas 360) – This week reminded markets that energy disruptions are rarely confined to the oil patch. Concerns over stalled U.S.–Iran negotiations, shrinking inventories, strained shipping routes, and growing LNG demand all pointed to the same reality: the world’s energy system remains vulnerable to supply shocks. While oil flows continue moving through Hormuz, the margin for error

The United States can see every barrel; it does not control where they go

June 2, 2026

(Oil & Gas 360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – The United States possesses the most capable financial surveillance system and the most sophisticated space-based intelligence architecture in the world. It can track cargoes leaving Iranian terminals, identify tankers operating without signals, reconstruct shipments conducted in the dark, and map the commercial networks moving those barrels across oceans. There is no

Jefferies looks at how OPEC+ output hikes could impact the tanker shipping sector

June 6, 2025

(Investing) – OPEC+ has been unwinding its voluntary production cuts at a faster rate than it had previously outlined, although this has yet to translate into a noticeable change in volumes on very large crude carriers, according to analysts at Jefferies. Since April, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, has either made

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Hormuz reopening gains momentum as tankers resume transit

Vance says 60-day period in Iran deal begins Thursday

360 Energy Pulse: What mattered this week in energy

The United States can see every barrel; it does not control where they go

Jefferies looks at how OPEC+ output hikes could impact the tanker shipping sector

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