Experts Doubt Trump’s 10 Million-Barrel Hormuz Claim as U.S. Gasoline Hits $4.10

3 articles · Updated · Daily Kos · Aug 20

Oil-tracking experts challenged Trump administration claims that a secret U.S.-protected Strait of Hormuz corridor is moving about 10 million barrels a day, saying observed flows are closer to 5 million.
Rory Johnson and Tanker Trackers said ship data across the market does not support the White House numbers, with no clear evidence that 15 to 20 escorted tankers a day are transiting undetected.
Oil prices still rose Thursday, suggesting traders did not buy the Axios-backed narrative that the operation was easing supply disruption from the Iran war.
U.S. gasoline averaged $4.10 a gallon, nearly $1 above a year earlier, keeping pressure on inflation and on Trump as the war remains unresolved nearly six months on.

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Are millions of barrels of oil moving undetected through the Strait of Hormuz, or is the market being misled?

If a secret shipping corridor is truly securing global oil supplies, why haven't fuel prices dropped at the pump?

Why are global tracking systems failing to spot the massive fleet of tankers supposedly navigating this dangerous chokepoint?