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"All these mechanisms (tapping storage and national reserves) helped to mitigate the price and supply risk," Chevron (CVX) CEO Mike Wirth said Friday at an energy conference in Austin, Texas, according to The Wall Street Journal. "Those have largely now played out, and we don't have nearly the buffers in the system that we did when [the Middle East war] began."

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American oil executives warned for months that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz was bound to cause a fuel crisis. Now, they say it is here.

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-- The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) 5:47 PM · Sep 14, 2026

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"The advantage in most negotiations usually goes to the side that has time on their side and is willing to be patient," and Iran is "willing to suffer," Quantum Capital Group CEO Wil VanLoh said at the Austin conference. "Their people have already suffered a lot for many decades."

Analysts say China is in part helping to exacerbate the global supply pinch, resuming bigger purchases from international suppliers after relying for months on its own stockpiles of crude for nearly half of its daily consumption, which had provided a reprieve for oil markets.

#1 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-09-15 02:35 AM | Reply

resuming bigger purchases from international suppliers after relying for months on its own stockpiles of crude for nearly half of its daily consumption

I was wondering when that was going to happen. China has been keeping the lid on oil prices all summer.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-09-15 03:24 AM | Reply

The Great Trump Fuel Crisis.

The Great MAGA Fuel Crisis.

#3 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-15 09:57 AM | Reply

Word is that McDonalds and Burger King are buying Trump's mystery meat.

Not that we can afford to drive down for a hamburger anyway.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-15 10:00 AM | Reply

"Word is that McDonalds and Burger King are buying Trump's mystery meat."

And they are frying their french fries in stolen Venezuelan oil.

The new McDonalds Happy Meal box with have a label on the underside: "CAUTION: contents may or may not include small bits of obliterated South American fishermen"

#5 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-09-15 11:49 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Saudi Arabia has (had) a two or three day backup storage capacity in case there was a problem with their east-west pipeline.

Now reporting indicates it may be weeks before the pipeline is fully functioning once again.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-09-15 12:16 PM | Reply

Trump Strait? 8,6,4,5,Joker

#7 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-09-15 05:09 PM | Reply

Republicans... You Built That. All on your own.

#8 | Posted by gtbritishskull at 2026-09-15 05:31 PM | Reply

Just put that beautiful, clean coal in your gas tank ...
-Der Dotard, always with a winning solution to an intractable problem

#9 | Posted by catdog at 2026-09-15 09:02 PM | Reply

Trumpy doesn't pay for gas.

So Trumpy does not see it as a problem. His personal stock holdings are doing just fine thank you very much.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-15 09:06 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

curious as to what the incentive is for "oil execs" to tell the truth about anything at all....

#11 | Posted by South_American at 2026-09-16 12:15 AM | Reply

fuel crises = ka ching ka ching ka ching...

#12 | Posted by South_American at 2026-09-16 12:17 AM | Reply

This was all done on purpose.

Trump eliminated all solar and wind energy projects. Spending billions of tax payers dollars to do so.

Then starts an absurd war with Iran. Spending billions of taxpayers dollars to maintain it.

Gas prices are skyrocketing. Food prices are skyrocketing. Inflation is skyrocketing.

Corporate profits are at an all time high.

There's no other way to put it than, this was all done on purpose.

Just wait until you see republicans win in November.

Democrats won't challenge the results.

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-16 12:27 AM | Reply

His personal stock holdings are doing just fine thank you very much.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy

And he'll change them to holdings that will do well based on the information he gets before anyone else.

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2026-09-16 02:16 AM | Reply

There's no other way to put it than, this was all done on purpose.

I've said repeatedly that the reason things don't make sense is because we're not privy to the actual goals and objectives.

The only way this war is making sense is that certain sectors pushed for it to boost their standing and profitability artificially.

A war with seemingly no objectives other than to spend money and munitions. Why?

So that they can then demand $1.5 trillion in funding to replenish it. All at inflated costs I'm sure.

And the depletion of world oil reserves? To be replenished at record high prices, I'm sure.

It's almost as if they looked at the pandemic spending and pharma company profits and decided that manufacturing a crisis to force similar government spending in their spheres was a good idea.

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2026-09-16 02:54 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Anyone else remember this January meeting? the month before the Iran War?

President Trump Participates in a Meeting with Oil and Gas Executives

www.whitehouse.gov

I'd have loved to be a fly on the wall when the press wasn't in the room and cameras weren't rolling.

#16 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-09-16 05:27 AM | Reply

"Just wait until you see republicans win in November.
Democrats won't challenge the results."

we'll see.....

#17 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-16 09:16 AM | Reply

"Just wait until you see republicans win in November.
Democrats won't challenge the results."
we'll see.....

#17 | Posted by eberly

Eberly, you would be proud.

Here in Texas:
1. We have Trump trying to delay mail in ballots at USPS so they don't count even if sent properly and legally
2. Texas suspended 1.2 million people from the voting rolls without notice that they were suspended (300,000 just from Harris County)
3. We are ditching huge numbers of polling stations in urban areas to ensure voters have to wait 3-8 hours in line to vote IF they are willing to stay that long

That's not cheating, right?

#18 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-09-16 10:50 AM | Reply

18

Yeah, at some point you have to call it what it is....a deliberate attempt to reduce the number of voters.

What part of that do you suppose I'm proud of?

And you realize that has nothing to do with my comment to Clown you referenced?

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-16 11:10 AM | Reply

-We are ditching huge numbers of polling stations in urban areas to ensure voters have to wait 3-8 hours in line to vote IF they are willing to stay that long

Are you aware that Texas has been doing that for 13 years....and it totals over 700 polling places statewide?

Seriously....did you know that?

#20 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-16 11:26 AM | Reply

Are you aware that Texas has been doing that for 13 years....and it totals over 700 polling places statewide?

Voter suppression has been ongoing for 13 years, so it's okay?

Since they've been cheating this long, why stop them now?

Sycophant, I believe, was pointing out the fact republicans are cheating and democrats aren't doing annything about it.

Then there's the Supreme Court which approved Texas's redistricting, but shot down Virginia's.

Until democrats embrace the 2nd amendment, republicans will continue to steamroll them.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-16 01:07 PM | Reply

RIIIIGHT..

" We'll run out of oil in 1986"...... Jimmy carter in campaign speeches .

#22 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-09-16 02:23 PM | Reply

Putin's smelly butt ---- said he was going to cut energy prices in half. BWAAAAAAAAAA

#23 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-16 02:27 PM | Reply

Until democrats embrace the 2nd amendment, republicans will continue to steamroll them.

#21 | Posted by ClownShack

BWAAAAA... bring your 2nd amendment to me.. . but you don't mean you... You mean others because you're a pathetic little coward who talks tough while hiding..

I'd PAY 5000 to see the fat pedo gutted on the White House lawn.
Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-11

More death threats from DR leftists...
--surely the FCC or some regulatory commissioner has something to say about it ... Let's Google.

#24 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-09-16 02:35 PM | Reply

Naw....not gonna Google... You people aren't worth the effort of spitting on much less googling stuff..
---have a nice day...

#25 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2026-09-16 02:46 PM | Reply

You people aren't worth the effort of spitting on

#25 | POSTED BY SHRIMPTACODAN

And here you are doing just that.

We live in your head. You can ask for rent.

#26 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-16 02:57 PM | Reply

You can ask for rent.

He's gonna have to fix the plumbing and heating in here if he's looking to get paid.

#27 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-16 03:00 PM | Reply

bring your 2nd amendment to me

Last time there was a civil war in this country, it didn't go well for people like you.

#28 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-09-16 03:01 PM | Reply

Patrick De Haan
@GasBuddyGuy

6m
staggering diesel increases! diesel has surged over $1/gal in the last 30 days in California (+$1.30/gal), Oregon (+$1.19/gal), Washington ($+1.08/gal) and New Mexico (+$1.07/gal). Beyond that, 21 states have seen more than a 90-cent rise in diesel in the last 30 days.

The brain dead orange chomo did that.

#29 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-16 03:11 PM | Reply

Gee, if only there had been alternatives to fossil fuels we could have invested in to get ourselves off the Saudi oil ---.

#30 | Posted by morris at 2026-09-16 04:49 PM | Reply

Gosh I really love my 2015 Prius.

That thing has saved me and so much money!

And now it's is gonna save me even more!

How's that "coal running" going for you truckers? Filling up the tanks?

#31 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-09-16 05:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Donner drives a Prius, say no more.

#32 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-09-16 07:46 PM | Reply

32

He admitted it?

Good grief. I don't care what he drives. Just shocked he would admit that.

#33 | Posted by eberly at 2026-09-16 07:53 PM | Reply

"Donner drives a Prius, say no more"

And Vistor_ dives on Penis. Say no more!!! (nudge-nudge, wink-wink).

#34 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-09-16 08:03 PM | Reply

WTF is wrong with a Prius? I've got a plug in Toyota. Zero gas spent around town. Poor people keep themselves poor by believing --------.

#35 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-16 09:17 PM | Reply

I had a Prius V years ago. Great car, 40 mpg, could put a fridge in the cargo space.

#36 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-16 10:26 PM | Reply

A mini fridge, maybe, but then where do you put your pride?

#37 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-09-17 02:40 AM | Reply

A mini fridge, maybe, but then where do you put your pride?

#37 | Posted by visitor_

What a sad pathetic "man" to have such a feeble sense of self that what car he drives gives him "pride."

#38 | Posted by jpw at 2026-09-17 03:09 AM | Reply

JPW drives a 20 year old Miata.

#39 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-09-17 09:55 AM | Reply

JPW drives a 20 year old Miata.

#39 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

When people like you say things like this we know that you understand that things are getting really bad.

#40 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-17 09:59 AM | Reply

Bad how? I mean it is sad that a decorated veteran like Donner has to drive around in an eleven year old Prius, but his poor life choices are not a recent thing.

#41 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-09-17 10:26 AM | Reply

Comments like #41 make me cheer when people like Visitor suffer a medical bankruptcy.

#42 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-09-17 10:41 AM | Reply | Funny: 1 | Newsworthy 1

Bad how?

#41 | POSTED BY VISITOR

Pod people don't have nervous systems.

#43 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-17 10:59 AM | Reply

Visitor reminds us that there are sad, small minded people in the world who lash out when they are reminded that's what they are.

#44 | Posted by Corky at 2026-09-17 11:03 AM | Reply

Did VISITOR drive away on his moped?

#45 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-17 11:17 AM | Reply

I had to pull over, the Subaru was making a funny noise so I had to add another quart. I see I didn't miss anything.

#46 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-09-17 11:54 AM | Reply

You're posting while driving?

#47 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-09-17 11:55 AM | Reply

Yeah, so what's your excuse?

#48 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-09-17 12:06 PM | Reply

I'm at home. Excuse for what?

Get off your phone and drive, douchebag.

#49 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-09-17 12:15 PM | Reply

What I've been seeing Trump supporters say lately:

"I'd rather pay $50/gallon than let Iran get a nuke."

Only a Trump supporter could agree with him that the Iraq war was wrong then suddenly fall for the exact same thing.

#50 | Posted by Derek_Wildstar at 2026-09-17 12:59 PM | Reply

JPW drives a 20 year old Miata.

#39 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Mazda CX50 hybrid when I had a car.

Now I bike everywhere and am looking into a motorcycle.

#51 | Posted by jpw at 2026-09-17 01:07 PM | Reply

Mazda CX50s are nice. We looked at the CX30 when got the Subaru.

#52 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-09-17 02:09 PM | Reply

Saw $9.09/gl Diesel in San Martin this morning....


Bad how? I mean it is sad that a decorated veteran like Donner has to drive around in an eleven year old Prius, but his poor life choices are not a recent thing.

He choses, if I recall correctly, to live in one the most remote areas in the county. So remote 20% of the work forces works at illegal pot farms.

winning ... Chinese Gangsters Turned This California Paradise into a Marijuana Factory
www.city-journal.org

Only a Trump supporter could agree with him that the Iraq war was wrong then suddenly fall for the exact same thing.
#50 | POSTED BY DEREK_WILDSTAR

Why wouldn't we want this? Less people would drive, less CO2 ... seems like an easy win for those of us that believe in Climate Change.

Trump is solving climate change, who knew.

#53 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-17 02:48 PM | Reply

Trump is solving climate change, who knew.

#53 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Someone who is not an ignorant, self-obsessed, fool could do it wthout blowing up the economy and the livelihood of several hundred million people.

Acting like a smart ass just means you're an ass.

#54 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-17 02:53 PM | Reply

Who had Zed is a 'rolling coal and screw the environment for our jobs nut' on their bingo card?

#55 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-09-17 03:36 PM | Reply

rolling coal

#55 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

See the rednecks doing that less often now in Texas.

They can no longer afford the gas to.

#56 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-17 03:51 PM | Reply

Happy I pulled the trigger on the Hybrid Civic this weekend

#57 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2026-09-17 04:07 PM | Reply

Dodge has promised a diesel electric truck. That's what I want.

#58 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-09-17 04:11 PM | Reply

Why wouldn't we want this? Less people would drive, less CO2 ... seems like an easy win for those of us that believe in Climate Change.

Trump is solving climate change, who knew.

#53 | Posted by oneironaut

If you beleived in climate change you wouldnt spread propaganda for the side that calls it a hoax.

Dems were addressing climate change without starting a war.

Idiot.

#59 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-09-17 06:10 PM | Reply

xMazda CX50s are nice. We looked at the CX30 when got the Subaru.

#52 | Posted by visitor_

Can't go wrong with either.

We had a CX30. Nice sporty little crossover.

My wife was sitting in ours at a left turn lane waiting for a green arrow when someone having a "diabetic incident" smashed straight into her at full speed, which was, assuming they were traveling at speed limit, 40 mph.

Car performed impeccably. You could practically trace the energy dissipation through the car from the collapsed fender/hatchback to the buckled rear seat to the absolutely destroyed under-workings of the driver seat (which dropped about 2") to the distorted frame at the front of the driver's side door that wouldn't allow the door to close again after it was opened.

She walked away from it with nothing but a few nights of extra strength Tylenol for the soreness.

The performance in that wreck was why we bought the CX50.

And we've had several Subarus. We had a genuine hard time selling the one we had when we left, it just didn't make economic sense to ship it.

#60 | Posted by jpw at 2026-09-17 07:04 PM | Reply

Sycophant, I believe, was pointing out the fact republicans are cheating and democrats aren't doing annything about it.

Effeposer ... care to response and clear this up for Sycophant?

If you beleived in climate change you wouldnt spread propaganda for the side that calls it a hoax.

What propaganda? What hoax? There's the truth, and thats like everyone here is all I post.

Dems were addressing climate change without starting a war.

Hardly ... CO2 release emissions from fossil fuels and industry reached a record high of 38.11 billion metric tons in 2025.

This is why the Dems suck its all about virtue signaling.

Just say you don't really believe in Climate Change otherwise you wouldn't have let Musk get in your was of solving it Democrat Elite style.

Idiot.

At least use some facts in your argument, all you have is ad hominem attacks... .good luck with that.

#61 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-09-17 07:10 PM | Reply

If you beleived in climate change you wouldnt spread propaganda for the side that calls it a hoax.

What propaganda? What hoax? There's the truth, and thats like everyone here is all I post.

#61 | Posted by oneironaut

Serious question - are you actually unaware that republicans call climate change a hoax or are you just pretending to be that ignorant?

#62 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-09-18 12:55 PM | Reply

Dems were addressing climate change without starting a war.

Hardly ... CO2 release emissions from fossil fuels and industry reached a record high of 38.11 billion metric tons in 2025.

This is why the Dems suck its all about virtue signaling.

Just say you don't really believe in Climate Change otherwise you wouldn't have let Musk get in your was of solving it Democrat Elite style.

Idiot.

At least use some facts in your argument, all you have is ad hominem attacks... .good luck with that.

#61 | Posted by oneironaut

Musk did far far more damage to the climate by getting trump elected than he ever saved by selling electric cars.

As for the dems climate agenda, let's ask Gemini:

" briefly, how did democrats attempt to address climate change and how much C02 would the IRA bill have prevented? Explain it to me like I'm a moron."

GEMINI:
"Instead of banning bad stuff, Democrats chose to throw a bucket of cash at good stuff.

The core strategy was the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) passed in 2022. Rather than punishing companies for polluting (like a carbon tax), it hands out roughly $370 billion in tax credits, rebates, and grants to make clean energy ridiculously cheap.

How They Did It:

Carrot, Not Stick: They gave discounts on electric cars, solar panels, heat pumps, and wind farms so people and companies want to buy them.

Domestic Manufacturing: They built in bonuses if those clean tech parts are made inside the United States.

Methane Penalties: One of the few "sticks" in the bill"charging oil and gas companies a fee if they leak too much extra methane gas.

How Much CO2 It Stops:

Yearly Cut: Independent researchers (like Princeton's REPEAT Project) estimate the IRA prevents about 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases per year by 2030.

Big Picture Cut: That drops overall U.S. emissions to roughly 40% below 2005 levels by 2030"taking the country a long way toward its goal of cutting pollution in half. "

Wow and they were creating americans jobs too. Too bad the retarded party put an end to all of that.

#63 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-09-18 12:59 PM | Reply

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