{
  "id": 2596556,
  "title": "How 'Dark' Tankers In Strait Of Hormuz Are Keeping Oil Prices In Check",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/how-dark-tankers-in-strait-of-hormuz-are-keeping-oil-prices-in-check",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T13:54:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
    "slug": "ndtv",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-iran-war-how-dark-tankers-in-strait-of-hormuz-are-keeping-oil-prices-in-check-11945207"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "With Iranian drones threatening tankers in the Persian Gulf, oil companies from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE turned to a workaround: chartering tankers, switching off their transponders and moving crude out of the Gulf under US Navy escort.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}