Wright: 17 Million Barrels Transited Hormuz Monday Amid Active Combat
🛢️ HORMUZ — The number is high enough to matter, low enough to reveal the gap. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Pre-war Hormuz daily flow ran 22-24 million barrels. Wright's 17M figure — cited mid-active-strikes — is Washington's counter to Ghalibaf's "false guarantees" narrative. But 17M against a 24M baseline is still a 30% deficit. Energy Secretary owning this number publicly means the White House needs it; markets will price the shortfall, not the headline.
