Barrels of crude oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz per day: – 1st week of October: ~ 17 million b/pd – 2nd week of October: ~ 9.1 b/pd – 3rd week of October: ~ 6.5 b/pd And it continues to decline. The short-lived era of U.S. Navy escorts has come to a pathetic and silent end. @Middle_East_Spectator