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Hormuz dark. Beijing's crisis, Moscow's gain.

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Adrian Monck
Mar 18, 2026
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WTI $92 · DXY 100 · VIX 22 · GPR 117

Brent at $101.04 – up 49.9% in a month – reflects a 12 mb/d physical supply gap that no reserve release can close; meanwhile, allied governments from Berlin to Tokyo have refused Washington’s Hormuz coalition, the EU is moving to fill the naval vacuum Kallas called real, Iran’s last pragmatic interlocutor is dead, Rus…

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