Weilun Soon

US-Iran deal should be oil wells & refineries' signal to crank into gear—a restart so big it should be visible from space, where thousands of megawatts of heat signatures will be picked up

Supertanker mit fast 80 Millionen Barrel Öl liegen im Persischen Golf bereit. Sie könnten die Straße von Hormus jederzeit passieren, sofern Händler und Reeder grünes Licht geben.

Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz appeared to thin early on Friday, just a day after a burst of oil flows through the waterway as the US and Iran vowed to lift a dual blockade.

Iranian crude oil flows appeared to surge following the lifting of a months-long US naval blockade on the Islamic Republic’s ports, even as visible traffic from its neighbors thinned.

Pakistan reported a mine in the Strait of Hormuz area, according to a notice from its National Hydrographic Office, even as the US and Iran announced a deal to end their conflict and move toward normalizing shipping through the vital waterway.

Ships can consider transiting the Strait of Hormuz along the southern route, day or night, with their transponder signals on, a key naval information group has said.

Three fully laden India-linked supertankers have re-emerged in the Gulf of Oman, adding to increased observed bi-directional traffic across the northern and southern routes of the Strait of Hormuz even as conflicting narratives over the status of transits persist.

Iran has ramped up the amount of crude oil it openly sends through the Strait of Hormuz to the highest since the war started, as shipping activity in the region picks up while Tehran and Washington work toward a lasting peace deal.

Iran hat die Menge an Rohöl, die das Land offen durch die Straße von Hormus schickt, auf den höchsten Stand seit Kriegsbeginn gesteigert. Die Schifffahrt in der Region nimmt zu, während Teheran und Washington auf ein dauerhaftes Friedensabkommen hinarbeiten.

The flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz is running at the fastest pace since the Iran war began — despite Tehran stating that the world’s key shipping chokepoint is shut and a report that the Islamic Republic continues to harass passing vessels.