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  1. 30 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Gambit: How Tehran's Closure of the World's Most Strategic Oil Chokepoint Became the Lever in Nuclear Talks
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 min
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  2. 29 Apr
    Putin, Araghchi Use St. Petersburg Forum to Signal Durable Iran-Russia Alignment
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min
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  3. 29 Apr
    Hormuz Standoff: How a Strategic Chokepoint Became the Front Line of US-Iran Diplomatic Brinkmanship
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 5 min
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  4. 28 Apr
    Putin and Araghchi Meet in St. Petersburg as Iran–Russia Strategic Partnership Deepens
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 5 min
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  5. 28 Apr
    Putin and Araghchi's St. Petersburg Summit: What the Iran-Russia Alignment Means for Global Energy Politics
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  6. 28 Apr
    Hormuz Blockade Tests Tehran's Diplomatic Leverage as West Presses for Reopening
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min
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  7. 28 Apr
    The Strait of Hormuz Gambit: How Tehran Is Weaponising the World's Most Critical Oil Chokepoint
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min
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  8. 28 Apr
    The Strait of Hormuz Standoff: Energy Chokepoints and the Limits of Coercion
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
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  9. 27 Apr
    Iran's Three-Stage Formula: Hormuz, Hardliners, and the Art of the Conditional Yes
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 4 min
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  10. 27 Apr
    Iran Proposes Hormuz Deal Through Pakistani Mediators as Global Markets Brace for Prolonged Disruption
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  11. 27 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Tehran Offers to Reopen Strategic Chokepoint as Nuclear Deadline Looms
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 6 min
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  12. 27 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Gambit: Tehran Plays the Strait card While the World Waits
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 5 min
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  13. 27 Apr
    Iran's Araghchi Courts Moscow as Tehran Signals Flexibility on Strait of Hormuz
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 min
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  14. 27 Apr
    Hormuz Gambit: Iran Proposes Gulf Deal as Oil-Chokepoint Risk Tightens Global Markets
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
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  15. 26 Apr
    Trump Declares Victory Over Iran as Oil Infrastructure Deadline Looms
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min
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  16. 26 Apr
    Oman Steps Into the Gap as Iran Links Hormuz to a Permanent End to the War
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 min
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  17. 25 Apr
    Nigeria's Oil Sector at a Crossroads: Production Targets and the Energy Transition
    energy · Fatima Bello · Nigeria · 6 min
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  18. 25 Apr
    Mozambique LNG Exports Restart as TotalEnergies Reopens Cabo Delgado Operations Worth $5 Billion
    energy · Zawadi Mwangi · Africa · 5 min
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  19. 25 Apr
    Kenya Races Toward 1,200MW Geothermal Capacity as Olkaria Expansion Gains Momentum
    energy · Kofi Mensah · Kenya · 6 min
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  20. 25 Apr
    Kenya's Geothermal Ambitions: 1,200 Megawatts and Counting in the Great Rift Valley
    energy · Thabo Molefe · Kenya · 6 min
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  21. 25 Apr
    Ghana's Offshore Oil Discovery: Eni Strikes Black Gold in the Deepwater Tano Basin
    energy · Chidi Anyaegbu · Ghana · 7 min
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  22. 25 Apr
    Ghana's Offshore Oil Revival: ENI and Tullow Bet $2.4 Billion on New Deepwater Discoveries
    energy · Nomvula Dlamini · Ghana · 6 min
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  23. 25 Apr
    Africa Green Hydrogen: Namibia $10 Billion Project Leads Continental Race with Egypt and South Africa
    energy · Nomvula Dlamini · Africa · 6 min
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  24. 25 Apr
    Africa Solar Revolution: South Africa, Morocco, and Kenya Lead $12 Billion Investment Surge
    energy · Fatima Bello · Africa · 6 min
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  25. 23 Apr
    US Boarding of Stateless Tanker in Indian Ocean Tests Iran's Shadow Fleet Strategy
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  26. 23 Apr
    Trump Orders US Navy to Shoot Boats Laying Mines as Hormuz Tensions Escalate
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  27. 23 Apr
    Trump Orders Naval Forces to Sink Any Vessel Deploying Mines in Strait of Hormuz
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  28. 23 Apr
    Trump Triples Mine-Sweeping in Hormuz as Energy Chokepoint Becomes DealLeverage
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 3 min
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  29. 23 Apr
    Poll: 65% of US Voters Hold Trump Responsible for Rising Gas Prices
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · americas · 5 min
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  30. 23 Apr
    Oil Prices Climb as Iran-US Hormuz Standoff Revives Geopolitical Risk Premium
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  31. 23 Apr
    Iran's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: Seizures, Saturation, and the Shadow of Oil Markets
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min
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  32. 23 Apr
    Iran War Compresses China's Economic Margin of Safety
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 5 min
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  33. 23 Apr
    Iran Banks First Hormuz Strait Toll Revenue, Testing Maritime Sovereignty Norms
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  34. 23 Apr
    Europe's $587 Million Daily Energy Bill and the Strait of Hormuz Standoff
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  35. 23 Apr
    Druzhba Flows Resume as Ukraine Restarts Russian Oil Transit to Slovakia
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · central-europe · 6 min
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  36. 23 Apr
    Ceasefire Without Passage: Hormuz Traffic Stays Choked as Iran Reasserts Naval Pressure
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  37. 23 Apr
    China's Green Export Machine Meets a Demand Crisis at Home
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia · 7 min
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  38. 23 Apr
    $430 Million in Suspicious Crude Trades Placed Minutes Before Trump Iran Ceasefire Announcement
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · global · 4 min
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  39. 22 Apr
    US Officials Privately Acknowledge Iran Has Retained Far More Military Capability Than Publicly Disclosed
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 4 min
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  40. 22 Apr
    Ukraine Pipeline Restart Unlocks €90 Billion EU Loan as Budapest Withdraws Veto
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · europe · 4 min
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  41. 22 Apr
    UAE Strategic Oil Reserves Hit Nine-Year Low as Inpex Reroutes Crude Away From Gulf
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  42. 22 Apr
    Trump's Hormuz calculus: the gap between control claims and diplomatic leverage
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / Energy · 6 min
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  43. 22 Apr
    Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire as Hormuz Standoff Deepens Oil Market Anxiety
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 5 min
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  44. 22 Apr
    Trump Claims US "Totally Controls" the Strait of Hormuz — and Argues Iran Has No Incentive to Close It
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  45. 22 Apr
    Oil Markets Shrug as Iran War Escalates Costs for Ordinary Americans
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 6 min
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  46. 22 Apr
    Iran Sanctions Crack: 34 Tankers Bypass US Blockade as Vance Islamabad Trip Collapses
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East / Central Asia · 5 min
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  47. 22 Apr
    Iran Seizes Vessels and Deploys Mines in Hormuz as Pentagon Warns of Six-Month Clearing Operation
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  48. 22 Apr
    Iran Seizes Two Vessels in Strait of Hormuz as Regional Tensions Escalate
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  49. 22 Apr
    Fuel Shock: How the Iran Conflict Is Rewriting the Rules of Global Energy
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · global · 5 min
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  50. 22 Apr
    Iran Seizes Vessels, Deploys Mines as Six-Month Hormuz Clearance Warning Lands in Washington
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min
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  51. 22 Apr
    Iran Guard Fires on Ships in Hormuz as Trump Warns Reopening Would Doom Nuclear Deal
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · Middle East · 5 min
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  52. 22 Apr
    Six-Month Timeline to Clear Hormuz Mines Poses Acute Risk to Global Energy Transit
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · mena · 5 min
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  53. 22 Apr
    Hormuz in the Crosshairs: How the US Naval Blockade Is Reshaping Gulf Oil Trade
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 7 min
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  54. 22 Apr
    Ceasefire Without Resolution: What the US-Iran Gulf Truce Actually Tells Us
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 6 min
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  55. 21 Apr
    Trump's Strait Ultimatum Meets Tehran's Conditions — and the Clock Runs Out
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  56. 21 Apr
    Trump Signals Pause on Pakistan Outreach as Iran Nuclear Talks Hit Wall
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · south-asia · 4 min
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  57. 21 Apr
    Trump Claims 'Total Control' of Strait of Hormuz, Warns of Military Action Against Iran
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  58. 21 Apr
    Strait of Hormuz Shipping Collapse Exposes Fragility of U.S.-Iran Standoff
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  59. 21 Apr
    The Leverage Play: Inside Trump's Dual-Track Iran Strategy
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 7 min
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  60. 21 Apr
    Iran Warns of Hormuz Closure as Naval Tensions Sharpen
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 min
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  61. 21 Apr
    Iran's London Embassy Urges UK to Move Beyond 'Low-Cost Statements' on War Crimes Accountability
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  62. 21 Apr
    Iranian negotiator's Gulf warning sparks escalation fears as US nuclear talks stall
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · MENA · 5 min
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  63. 21 Apr
    Iran Declines US Talks in Islamabad, Brent Crude Jumps $4
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · middle-east · 4 min
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  64. 21 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Geography: The Strait as Strategic Lever
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  65. 20 Apr
    Trump's Hormuz Gambit: How One President's Words Move Oil, Bitcoin, and the Ceasefire Clock
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  66. 20 Apr
    Seoul's Intelligence Leak and Lee's Delhi Gambit: How South Korea Is Redrawing Its Regional Map
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · east-asia-india · 6 min
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  67. 20 Apr
    Oil Surges 7% as U.S.-Iran Skirmish Threatens the World's Most Critical Chokepoint
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  68. 20 Apr
    Market Timing and Military Signals: The Insider Trading Questions at the Heart of the Iran Crisis
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  69. 20 Apr
    Market Movers: The Iran War, Suspicious Trading Spikes, and the Financial Architecture Behind Trump's Announcements
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  70. 20 Apr
    Iran Talks Collapse, Trump Warns of Strikes: Oil Markets Brace for $100+
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  71. 20 Apr
    Iran Nuclear Talks Resume as Oil Markets Reprice Gulf Tensions
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  72. 20 Apr
    Iran's Nuclear Ultimatum Enters Critical Phase as Blockade Bites and Markets Move
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  73. 20 Apr
    Hormuz Standoff Tests Trump Administration's Iran Calculus as Energy Markets Hold Breath
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 4 min
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  74. 20 Apr
    Beijing Raises the Stakes in the Gulf
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 6 min
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  75. 20 Apr
    Belarus's Lukashenko Issues Direct Nuclear Threat Against Ukraine, Poland and Baltic States
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · eastern_europe · 4 min
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  76. 19 Apr
    Trump Alleges Iranian Fire in Strait of Hormuz, Claims Ceasefire Breach
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  77. 19 Apr
    Tehran Declares End of Western Naval Primacy in the Gulf — and Challenges Europe to Look Homeward
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  78. 19 Apr
    Middle East Conflict Drives Energy Volatility as Israeli Strikes Target Healthcare Infrastructure Across Three Nations
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · middle-east · 5 min
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  79. 19 Apr
    Iranian Supertanker Evades US Sanctions Enforcement in Strait of Hormuz Transit
    energy · Monexus Staff Writer · mena · 5 min
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  80. 19 Apr
    Iran Reasserts Hormuz Control as Trump Courts Nuclear Deal and Global Energy Markets Tremble
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 min
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  81. 19 Apr
    Iran Reasserts Hormuz Control as US Truce Gamble Collapses
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Gulf · 6 min
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  82. 19 Apr
    Bab al-Mandab and the Grammar of Coercive Geography: Ansarullah's Strategic Signal
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 9 min
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  83. 18 Apr
    Crisis Capital: X-Energy's $800M IPO and the Nuclear Industry's Hormuz Moment
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · North America / Global · 8 min
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  84. 18 Apr
    Karachaganak and the CITIC Turn: Kazakhstan's Gas Industry Completes Its Pivot From West to East
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Central Asia / China · 7 min
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  85. 18 Apr
    Iran's Strait of Hormuz Declaration Tests the Limits of U.S. Pressure Doctrine
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 min
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  86. 18 Apr
    Iran's Qalibaf Claims Regional Agency, Demands Hezbollah Ceasefire as Non-Negotiable Condition
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Gulf · 7 min
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  87. 18 Apr
    Iran's Hormuz Warning and the Fragile Architecture of Global Gas Transit
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global Energy Markets · 8 min
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  88. 18 Apr
    Iran's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: Ceasefire Acceptance, Energy Markets, and the Architecture of Coercion
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 6 min
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  89. 18 Apr
    The Strait That Charges: Iran's Hormuz Closure Turns Global LNG Routes Into a Toll Road
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 8 min
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  90. 18 Apr
    Ghalibaf Declares Iran's Victory in Hormuz Standoff as Trump Ceasefire Gambit Collapses
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East · 5 min
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  91. 18 Apr
    Six Weeks and Counting: Europe's Jet Fuel Clock and the Iran War's Quiet Energy Toll
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Europe / Middle East · 8 min
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  92. 18 Apr
    The Billion-Dollar Bets: CFTC's Oil Futures Probe and the Political Economy of Foreknowledge
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · North America / Global · 8 min
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  93. 18 Apr
    Bitcoin, Hormuz, and the Limits of Crypto's Geopolitical Moment
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Middle East / Global · 6 min
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  94. 18 Apr
    The Last Refineries: Australia's Viva Energy Fire and the Fragility of Sovereign Fuel Supply
    energy · Moemedi Michael Poncana · Asia-Pacific / Australia · 8 min
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