Fact-check: “The shipping of oil through the Strait of Hormuz has increased over the past several weeks”
Verdict: Misleading (45% confidence)
The evidence shows oil shipping through Hormuz increased from its lowest disrupted levels — the EIA's September STEO forecast 'gradually increasing flows,' CENTCOM reported a six-month high in the past two weeks, and U.S. Energy Secretary Wright cited seven-day averages of 9–11 million barrels per day — but Kpler vessel-count data recorded repeated single-digit daily transit numbers in September 4–17, well below the 10-day averages, while the IEA's September report still described flows as 'sev…
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