Surging prices: Europe wary as gas stocks languish at lows while winter looms
Four years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine set off an energy crisis, European countries face new questions about natural gas security as the war in the Middle East drags on. Surging prices due to Iran's closure of the Straits of Hormuz are keeping liquefied natural gas (LNG) s…
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Iranian state media reported blasts in Qeshm Island, Jask, Sirik, and Bandar Abbas. The UAE stated it rescued 22 people from a cargo ship that caught fire after Iran’s IRGC reported two oil tankers struck mines in the Strait of Hormuz. The US announced a plan to block Iran’s land-based supply routes, expanding its naval blockade on Iranian ports.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy reported late Saturday that two oil tankers were burning after striking naval mines in and near the Strait of Hormuz. The IRGC stated that the vessels had switched off their navigation and positioning systems and attempted to use an unauthorized route.
The group accused both ships of multiple violations, specifying that one was hit east of the strait and the other inside it.
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