The US Must Be Confident It Has A Plan In Place To Lower Oil Prices Once It Strikes Iran

Microsoft Backs Anthropic's Bid To Block Pentagon's 'Supply-Chain Risk' Label Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, Microsoft on March 10 filed an amicus brief backing Anthropic’s lawsuit against the Department of War, seeking a court order to temporarily stop the Pentagon from labeling Anthropic as a supply-chain risk. Anthropic filed the suit on March 9 after the Pentagon designated it a supply chain risk to national security, a label that would hinder the Pentagon and its contractors from using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology in their work for the U.S. military. The...

Germany's Big LNG Deal With Canada May Never Deliver A Single Cargo Authored by Andrew Topf via OilPrice.com, Germany has signed long-term LNG offtake agreements with Canada's Ksi Lisims project, seeking energy security and supply diversification amid heightened geopolitical risks. Despite the deals, Canadian LNG may never physically reach Germany due to geography, shipping economics, and the lack of Atlantic Coast export infrastructure. Instead, Germany could use LNG cargo swaps, sending Canadian gas to Asian buyers while receiving equivalent volumes from suppliers closer to Europe. The Iran war has made supplies of liquefied natural...

Iran Offers 60-Day Toll-Free Hormuz Transit As 100s Of Ships Await Reopening The U.S. and Iran reached an interim agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday evening, just 30 minutes before New York futures opened, with officials from both countries set to meet in Switzerland on Friday to formally sign the peace deal. According to Iranian outlet Fars, the U.S.-Iran deal reportedly includes a 60-day toll-free window for vessels. After that period, if a more permanent deal is agreed upon, Tehran may seek to monetize the Hormuz chokepoint by...