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Jason Ma

The Strait of Hormuz is finally reopening, but energy flows may not get back to normal until next year

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The memorandum of understanding that the U.S. and Iran have endorsed will fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, but unwinding the biggest oil disruption ever will take longer than creating it.

In a span of just three months, global supplies lost about 2 billion barrels of oil, forcing top energy-consuming countries to tap reserves at record rates and impose rationing.

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