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ADNOC, QatarEnergy ships getting past Hormuz blockade

The UAE's covert efforts reflect both limited storage capacity and an increasingly independent oil strategy after its May 1 departure from OPEC

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Ships anchored in the Strait of Hormuz

ADNOC has been quietly running a wartime shipping operation through the Strait of Hormuz, ferrying oil, fuel and gas cargoes past Iranian and U.S. naval forces to customers across Asia.

The UAE’s national oil company has relied on...