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US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told a congressional hearing on Wednesday that he's not aware that the US has taken millions of barrels of oil out of Iran after President Donald Trump told reporters it had.
Wright said earlier in the hearing, however, that the US military had helped get some oil out of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman. On Tuesday, Wright said oil traffic through the strait has risen "very meaningfully" over the last week.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will attack Iran if no peace deal is secured and that the US military secretly escorted ships carrying more than 100 million barrels of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz.
"We're going to be attacking them, attacking them very hard," Trump told reporters at the White House. He said the US would strike Iran on Wednesday, in response to Iran's downing of an Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said later on Truth Social that he had directed the US military last month to execute a secret mission to support oil tankers and other commercial ships through the strait, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, through which 20% of the world's oil and gas flowed before the war began on February 28.
Also Read: Iran calls Trump's talks claim false, announces Strait of Hormuz closure
Trump said later on Truth Social that he had directed the US military last month to execute a secret mission to support oil tankers and other commercial ships through the strait, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, through which 20% of the world's oil and gas flowed before the war began on February 28.
The world consumes about 100 million barrels of oil in one day. Trump suggested that global oil prices had fallen as a result of the secret mission. "That's why it's at $85-$90 a barrel, instead of $250," Trump told reporters earlier at the White House. Iran, a major OPEC oil producer, "just figured it out" that the oil had been taken through the strait.
"We took out the other night 22 ships, late at night with no lights, because they don't have any radar because we blasted the crap out of it," Trump said.
Wright said earlier in the hearing, however, that the US military had helped get some oil out of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between Iran and Oman. On Tuesday, Wright said oil traffic through the strait has risen "very meaningfully" over the last week.
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States will attack Iran if no peace deal is secured and that the US military secretly escorted ships carrying more than 100 million barrels of oil out of the Strait of Hormuz.
"We're going to be attacking them, attacking them very hard," Trump told reporters at the White House. He said the US would strike Iran on Wednesday, in response to Iran's downing of an Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump said later on Truth Social that he had directed the US military last month to execute a secret mission to support oil tankers and other commercial ships through the strait, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, through which 20% of the world's oil and gas flowed before the war began on February 28.
Also Read: Iran calls Trump's talks claim false, announces Strait of Hormuz closure
Trump said later on Truth Social that he had directed the US military last month to execute a secret mission to support oil tankers and other commercial ships through the strait, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman, through which 20% of the world's oil and gas flowed before the war began on February 28.
The world consumes about 100 million barrels of oil in one day. Trump suggested that global oil prices had fallen as a result of the secret mission. "That's why it's at $85-$90 a barrel, instead of $250," Trump told reporters earlier at the White House. Iran, a major OPEC oil producer, "just figured it out" that the oil had been taken through the strait.
"We took out the other night 22 ships, late at night with no lights, because they don't have any radar because we blasted the crap out of it," Trump said.
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