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Motor oil shortages deepen as base oil inventories run out amid Hormuz closure

Nearly six months after the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict erupted in late February 2026, the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed to normal commercial shipping, and the consequences are now reaching well beyond crude oil into petrochemicals, plastics, fertilizers, and the global…

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