Dark Transits are a Stopgap not a Solution

Washington has accomplished an important feat by stealthily moving oil through the Persian Gulf despite Iran’s proclaimed closure. But the means it has relied on can’t become normal maritime behavior.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on August 27 that the United States had facilitated the movement of 130 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz in the preceding two weeks. That amounts to over 9 million barrels per day (bpd), roughly half of pre-war exports through the chokepoint.M

Source: The Cipher Brief