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The Strait That Broke the Market: Hormuz Closure Exposes the Oil System's Fragility

The International Energy Agency's warning that commercial oil reserves may cover only weeks of demand exposes a global energy architecture that has long papered over systemic vulnerability with comfortable surplus. The Hormuz strait closure changes that calculus permanently.

By Moemedi Michael Poncana·mena·1-minute read·19 May 2026·Live on the wire ↗

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