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Wed · 04 Nov 2026

Gulf Oil Giants Running Dark Through Hormuz as ADNOC Loses 23 Vessels

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Gulf Oil Giants Running Dark Through Hormuz as ADNOC Loses 23 Vessels

🛢️ HORMUZ — Gulf states are secretly funding the blockade's failure while publicly condemning it. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: UAE, Qatar, and Kuwait running tankers dark through Hormuz means the blockade leaks — but at enormous risk cost: 23 ADNOC vessels already hit. These states signed the Gulf condemnation of Iranian "piracy" while quietly accepting Iranian fire to keep revenue flowing. That contradiction is now on record. Washington must decide whether allied dark shipping undermines its blockade or validates it.

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