Three Reports Cite Different Measures Amid Hormuz Shipping and Energy Price Coverage
Natural gas settlement prices, Strait of Hormuz vessel counts and U.S. pump prices are each reported by a different outlet, from different data providers and over different periods.
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- Global LNG and natural gas prices surge as US and Iran resume hot war | Hellenic Shipping News Worldwidehellenicshippingnews.com
- Trump Says the Strait of Hormuz Is Open, but Ship Data Shows Why Your Fuel Price Is Not Falling Yetibtimes.co.uk
- Gas prices hit their highest mark ever for mid August as Trump’s Iran war drags onindependent.co.uk
Revision history
- Version 313 Aug 2026, 00:15current
Added The Independent's GasBuddy-attributed U.S. average pump price of just over $4 per gallon for a mid-August Wednesday morning, and widened the comparison paragraph to three divergent measures.
- Version 211 Aug 2026, 05:52
Removed all three references to "the fact set" (dek plus two body sentences) and the phrase "the material available," replacing them with reader-facing descriptions of the two published reports. Figures printed unchanged: $20.91/MMBtu, $18.17/MMBtu, 22 July, 15 July, eight ships (five tankers and three bulk carriers), early-August day. Both conflicting sources still named side by side with no selection between them.
- Version 110 Aug 2026, 00:08
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