【英媒：美国孤立伊朗的行动正影响迪拜 近300亿美元贸易纽带面临威胁】据英国金融时报，数十年来，迪拜一直充当伊朗的离岸商业枢纽，为遭受制裁的伊朗经济提供其迫切需要的金融服务、贸易渠道以及进入全球市场的通道。如今这些联系正面临威胁。英国智库Bourse & Bazaar Foundation首席执行官Esfandyar Batmanghelidj表示：“阿联酋是伊朗进口商品的唯一通道，因为除迪拜杰贝阿里港外，伊朗无法使用其他主要集装箱港口。如果你想让一个拥有9000万人口的经济体保持增长，确实需要这样的基础设施。”战争爆发前，阿联酋与伊朗之间的年贸易额接近300亿美元，其中相当大一部分贸易由塑造了迪拜老城区面貌的木制帆船促成，迪拜的香料市场和黄金市场也坐落于这一地区。

美国能源信息署（EIA）：美国天然气产量预计在八月份平均为1226亿立方英尺/日，较七月份的1220亿立方英尺/日有所上升；九月份预计将平均达到1232亿立方英尺/日。

Sources say the U.S. government is seeking significant stakes in Venezuelan oil reserves and the Pentagon is negotiating with energy investor Alejandro Betancourt on a deal covering up to 17 fields across Venezuela’s main producing regions, including the Orinoco heavy oil belt (Junín) and areas around Lake Maracaibo. Proposals under discussion would have the Pentagon’s Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) oversee investment and could include U.S. access via leases of up to 100 years. Washington currently effectively controls Venezuelan oil sales and has eased sanctions to allow U.S. firms to re-enter; with the U.S.-Iran war disrupting Middle East supply and lifting global energy prices, U.S. officials want to speed restoration of Venezuelan output. OSC lacks clear authority to hold project equity, and the plan is expected to provoke legal and political challenges in both the U.S. and Venezuela.