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AZJonnie

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4. Right. Suddenly there's a giant windfall to US AND Russian producers (sans sanctions) resulting from oil price spikes

Reply to Hugin (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 7, 2026, 04:26 PM

Mar 7

But ESPECIALLY US ones, who I'd imagine have little need to access the Strait of Hormuz. Not sure how much Russia depends on it to get their oil exports out, but I'd intuit they aren't experiencing a stranglehold to the degree the ME producers are

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When I think Cui Bono with regards to the Iranian War, the first group I think of are: US Frackers/LNG producers [View all] AZJonnie Mar 7 OP

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