A US oil trader is taking a $2bn gamble on tankers as carriers steer clear of Hormuz, per the FT. Someone is underwriting the physical crude move through a chokepoint everyone else is avoiding — that
US oil trader's $2bn tanker bet signals Hormuz supply risk as carriers avoid strait.
What changed
US oil trader's $2bn tanker bet signals Hormuz supply risk as carriers avoid strait.
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US oil trader's $2bn tanker bet signals Hormuz supply risk as carriers avoid strait. — impact context not separately stored; see What changed.