Two U.S. officials told Axios the U.S. military has quietly established a shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz, moving roughly 10 million barrels per day into global energy markets. The operation has run for several weeks, with about 15–20 tankers using a southern route along Oman's coast. Officials said flows are roughly half of pre-war volumes; the U.S.-led action is easing a major war-related supply disruption that had driven crude sharply higher, and is already having a noticeable impa

Two U.S. officials told Axios the U.S. military has quietly established a shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz, moving roughly 10 million barrels per day into global energy markets. The operation has run for several weeks, with about 15–20 tankers using a southern route along Oman's coast. Officials said flows are roughly half of pre-war volumes; the U.S.-led action is easing a major war-related supply disruption that had driven crude sharply higher, and is already having a noticeable impact on global oil supply despite remaining below pre-war levels.