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US Navy has not yet escorted ships through Strait of Hormuz, White House says
WASHINGTON: The US military has not yet escorted any commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, the White House said on Tuesday, just after US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright deleted a post on X in which he had said the US Navy successfully escorted an oil tanker through the key waterway. The US-Israel war against Iran has already effectively halted shipments through the Strait along Iran’s coast, where a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes, and Middle East oil producers have run out of storage and stopped pumping.
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cnbc.com
Oil retreats even after Energy Secretary wrongly claims Navy escorted tanker through Strait of Hormuz
The International Energy Agency will hold an extraordinary meeting on Tuesday to discuss a possible release of emergency stockpiles.
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White House: 'The U.S. Navy has not escorted a tanker or a vessel at this time'
Oil prices fell after Energy Secretary Chris Wright falsely claimed in a tweet that the U.S. Navy escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.
