Kuwait CityKuwait pumps about 75% of prewar oil, its state oil company chief says.
Brent eased as Gulf exports recovered, but stays well above prewar levels.
Analysts credit US escorts and offshore ship-to-ship transfers, and Kpler says 40% of regional crude now bypasses Hormuz.
Iran hit 21 vessels in September, up from 12 in August, ACLED data show.
On Monday the Revolutionary Guards ordered a tanker in the strait to turn back or risk attack, a shipping-monitor group said.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 100+ reports worldwide
- Bloomberg Business leans critical
- Al Jazeera Online
- proposes alternative explanation: Gulf states may be paying Iran for passage rights, effectively sharing cargo value with Tehran to ensure transit
- Semafor
- frames recovery as weakening Iran's Hormuz leverage despite escalating strikes on tankers; G7 energy stockpile releases suppressing prices
- The New Arab leans critical
- characterizes Iran's Strait control as strategic miscalculation ('Trump card') after Feb 28 IRGC blockade; U.S. covert tanker runs and Arab route shifts eroding leverage
Sources: Bloomberg Business, Al Jazeera Online, Semafor, The New Arab