downrightmike
4 hours ago
Because there was no real scarcity. China has about 1 year reserve from what we can see on satellites, not including what they have buried in their cave reserve system. So when the war started, they stopped buying the 20m/ barrels a day which is the loss from the Straight. It balanced out. This is all just a play to increase oil prices for oil companies
ck2
4 hours ago
um, they went from 100 ships per day through the strait
to 3-8 per day
for SIX MONTHS
that most definitely causes shortages, not in US but rest of world
the market is being manipulated downward until it pops
click on YTD on this chart to see what I mean for proof, it is FLATLINED
* https://en.macromicro.me/charts/94482/imf-strait-of-hormuz-n...
* snapshot: https://i.imgur.com/zvBakus.png
downrightmike
2 hours ago
That was all media manipulation, supply didn't really constrain. The same amount of oil was always available, just not through the straight