Tanker Data Contradicts U.S. Claim That Middle East Oil Flows Have Normalized

Oil flows from the Middle East have normalized, with Sunday traffic alone above pre-conflict averages, U. S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said on Tuesday in a claim that appears not to be backed by ship-tracking data.

On Tuesday, Secretary Wright posted on X that “Thanks to the coordinated efforts of the U. S. military and our gulf allies, the seven-day average for oil leaving the Strait of Hormuz is currently up to almost 9 million barrels per day.