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Hormuz supply risk is no longer a theoretical oil-price story. This updated report tracks the latest shipping, energy, company, and product impacts after the push to reopen the strait.
EV hazmat transport risks are now at the center of a live federal review. Here is what PHMSA, truck makers, safety investigators, and charging developers have updated on heavy-duty electric trucks carrying hazardous materials.
Cargo tank compliance for MC 331 fleets and LPG shops just got more complicated after two 2026 PHMSA interpretations on inspection frequency and leakage-test paperwork.
Diesel trucking costs remain elevated even as crude futures retreat. This update tracks EIA, AAA, Samsara, refinery outages, distillate inventories, freight rates, and carrier responses through April 17, 2026.
The Midwest fuel supply squeeze is reshaping Chicago jet fuel, diesel pricing, refinery maintenance economics, export competition, and terminal logistics as Illinois outages collide with a global distillate shock.
EPA renewable fuel standards for 2026–2027 are final: record-high total applicable volumes, a seventy-percent SRE reallocation, revised equivalence values effective in 2027, eRIN removal, updated CWC pricing, and new litigation risk signals.
Jones Act waiver update: CBP’s March 27 guidance, record March fuel exports, tanker-rate spikes, and why domestic coastal relief remains limited.
Roadcheck ELD enforcement is tightening as CVSA adds a new out-of-service condition for ELD tampering and FMCSA expands revoked-device actions; here’s what changed, which devices are affected, and how roadside inspectors will validate logs and cargo securement.
Valero Port Arthur blast update on cause, TCEQ emissions data, restart status, lawsuits, and impacts to diesel, gasoline, and jet fuel logistics on the Texas Gulf Coast.
The Clean Truck Check disapproval limits EPA approval to California-registered vehicles, reshaping federal enforceability, state enforcement risk, and compliance messaging for interstate tankers.
California crude by truck is surging as Bay Area crude outlets tighten and a key northbound line sits empty—an insider look at the new route, costs, compliance, risks, and knock‑on effects for tanker fleets, terminals, and fuel supply planning.
A deeply sourced, impartial history of Iran oil and gas and its ties to U.S. strategy—concessions, nationalization, coups, OPEC, sanctions, and maritime chokepoints.
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