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Coverage dated September 20, 2026

A Shortage of Oil Tankers Is Threatening to Keep Gas Prices High

Headline from Wall Street Journal

Record shipping rates through the Strait of Hormuz could offset falling crude prices.

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  1. Wall Street Journal

    A Shortage of Oil Tankers Is Threatening to Keep Gas Prices High (opens Wall Street Journal)

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    Record shipping rates through the Strait of Hormuz could offset falling crude prices.

  2. End Time Headlines

    Shortage of Oil Tankers Is Threatening to Keep Gas Prices High (opens End Time Headlines)

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    The Iran war has opened a new bottleneck in the oil market: not only crude itself, but the tankers that move it. Drone strikes that shut Saudi Arabia’s East-West bypass pipeline earlier this month have pushed more crude back through the Strait of Hormuz and onto a fleet already running thin.