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Six months into the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz, tanker tracking data shows roughly 10.3 million barrels of crude a day now passing through the waterway, close to four times the low point recorded in the spring. Iran is still attacking ships, yet under an American naval blockade it is exporting nothing itself, and United States Central Command says Gulf allies have moved more than a billion barrels in recent months.

Science · Sep 24 · L1-L4