First Oil Tanker Hit in Hormuz as Iran War Disrupts Global Energy

1. First Oil Tanker Hit In Strait Of Hormuz
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            <div property="schema:text" class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Oil and gas tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/expect-moderate-disruptions-oil-tankers-avoid-strait-hormuz-operation-fury-hits-iran">critical maritime chokepoint</a>, has seen disruptions as the U.S.-Israeli campaign, <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/iran-appoints-interim-successor-khamenei-under-2nd-day-massive-bombs-trump-urges-full">Operation Epic Fury</a>, continues targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps command-and-control infrastructure across multiple Iranian cities; as of Sunday morning, only a limited number of tankers were observed exiting the Strait, while separate news reports indicate a sanctioned oil tanker was also attacked.</p>

<p>On Sunday morning, Automatic Identification System (AIS) vessel-tracking data showed that tanker traffic through the most critical energy chokepoint in the world, which handles about 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption and roughly 27% of global seaborne oil trade, had slowed to a near standstill, with tankers in holding patterns on both sides of the Strait's entrance and exit.</p>

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<p>S&P Global Energy notes:</p>

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	<p><em>Strait of Hormuz handles 20% of global oil supply</em></p>
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	<p><strong><em>Iran exported 1.3 mil b/d in Jan, mainly to China</em></strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en">FACTBOX: Oil markets braced as Iran confirms death of Supreme Leader Khamenei <a href="https://t.co/jAdG2emkVR">https://t.co/jAdG2emkVR</a><br /><br />
🔹Iran exported 1.3 mil b/d in Jan, mainly to China<br />
🔹Strait of Hormuz handles 20% of global oil supply <a href="https://t.co/T9m55W3Nq7">pic.twitter.com/T9m55W3Nq7</a></p>
— Oil by S&P Global Energy (@SPGEnergyOil) <a href="https://twitter.com/SPGEnergyOil/status/2028028990368141409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>The big development in the Strait this morning was the attack on a tanker.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en">All the evidence suggests that Iran attacked one of its own (very small) dark fleet oil tankers (which was under US Treasury sactions). It feels like a false flag operation. The tanker near Oman had been in the same area for ~10 days; she wasn't crossing the Strait of Hormuz. <a href="https://t.co/nLaiivp879">https://t.co/nLaiivp879</a></p>
— Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) <a href="https://twitter.com/JavierBlas/status/2028081251953803483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>Oman's Maritime Security Centre revealed that the sanctioned tanker Skylight, flying the flag of the Republic of Palau, was targeted five nautical miles north of Khasab Port.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en" xml:lang="en">⚡️Clearer vid <a href="https://t.co/kLtv0xV6DE">pic.twitter.com/kLtv0xV6DE</a></p>
— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) <a href="https://twitter.com/WarMonitors/status/2028070975892304076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2026</a></blockquote>
<script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>There are no confirmed reports identifying who struck the Skylight, but the incident came as Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed to vessel traffic.</p>

<p>Mohsen Rezaei, a member of the Expediency Discernment Council that advises Iran's supreme leader, warned on state TV that "no American ship is allowed to enter the Persian Gulf."  </p>

<p>German container liner Hapag-Lloyd AG has suspended all transits through the waterway due to its "official closure," while France's CMA CGM SA, the world's third-largest container line, told ships within its fleet to suspend passage through the Suez Canal and take shelter immediat

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