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Trump said on Sept. 22 that diesel should not be shipped abroad, and Treasury Secretary Bessent put a ban under review. Energy Secretary Wright instead sought a voluntary route with refiners such as Valero and Marathon; nothing binding has taken effect.
Before the warSeptember 2026
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Drones launched from Iraq struck the pumping stations of the 1,200-kilometer pipeline that carries Saudi crude to the Red Sea without entering the Strait of Hormuz. With Hormuz closed since March, one of the kingdom's two remaining exits went out of service.