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๐ฎ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Around 20 empty Iranian tankers are drifting off Sri Lanka with food and water running low as US pressure cuts off their supplies The blockade has kept them from going home since July, and when they moved toward Sri Lanka, the US embassy warned local suppliers to stop servi
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US sanctions stranding Iranian tankers tighten effective Iranian export capacity, a mild bullish supply signal for oil.
Iran sanctions tighten oil supply
Further enforcement or tanker releases
Iran finds alternate buyers
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๐ฎ๐ท๐บ๐ธ Around 20 empty Iranian tankers are drifting off Sri Lanka with food and water running low as US pressure cuts off their supplies The blockade has kept them from going home since July, and when they moved toward Sri Lanka, the US embassy warned local suppliers to stop servicing them or risk sanctions. One repair crew was told to bring its own food and skip washing because the ship was saving water. Kpler's oil analyst says the money runs dry soon after: "All revenues drop to zero for Iran by December." Squeezing Tehran's oil cash is working, but the men on those decks are hired sailors, and an emergency water carve-out would cost Washington nothing while denying Iran a ready-made propaganda story. Source: Wall Street Journal / Writer: Daniel
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