{
  "id": 8255644,
  "title": "The Oil Market’s Backup Plan Is Breaking Down",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/the-oil-markets-backup-plan-is-breaking-down",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-18T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "OilPrice",
    "slug": "oilprice",
    "url": "https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Oil-Markets-Backup-Plan-Is-Breaking-Down.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For decades, the biggest geopolitical risk hanging over the oil market has been the Strait of Hormuz. Before the conflict in Iran began in late February, roughly one-fifth of the world’s petroleum liquids moved through the narrow waterway separating Iran from Oman, making it the most important oil chokepoint in the world. Now that traffic through Hormuz has been severely disrupted, Gulf producers…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}