oil

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Plus: A DIY solar hack catches on, price caps at gas stations and the mysterious case of China’s falling oil imports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

The US has also sanctioned the ship's owner, Arihant Shipping Inc, and has accused the ship of transporting "hundreds of thousands of barrels of Iranian fuel oil and bitumen within the Gulf since July 2025".

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Iran has renewed its warnings over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway for oil and gas transport which it has essentially closed since early in the war, roiling global energy markets.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Prices of products made from oil derivatives, such as plastic resins and chemicals, also rose sharply.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Frank Aureate’s house had clearly once, long ago, been grand—the kind of house with attics and wine cellars, and oil paintings of disapproving-looking women holding small, disapproving-looking dogs—but now it wasn’t grand at all.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell