尽管美伊紧张关系持续，来自中东的石油外运量仍在增加，这表明德黑兰对关键出口路线的掌控可能正在松动。
Increasing flows of oil are making it out of the Middle East despite persistent US-Iran tensions, indicating Tehran’s grip on key export routes may be loosening.
据彭博社报道，沙特阿拉伯已恢复其经由通往红海管道输送石油量的一半；研究机构Kpler表示，上周通过霍尔木兹海峡以及绕开该海峡的路线外运的石油已达到战前水平的近80%。
Saudi Arabia has restored half the output along its pipeline to the Red Sea, Bloomberg reported, while the research firm Kpler said shipments through the Strait of Hormuz and routes bypassing it reached nearly 80% of prewar levels last week.
尽管如此，油价仍然上涨。交易商指出，供应方面的任何进展都依赖于比冲突前效率更低、可靠性更差的运营方式。《华尔街日报》则警告称，伊朗失去对霍尔木兹海峡的事实控制，增加了“其诉诸军事升级以巩固自身地位的风险”。——普拉尚特·拉奥（Prashant Rao）
Still, oil prices rose, with traders noting that any progress on supply was dependent on less efficient, less reliable operations than prior to the conflict, while The Wall Street Journal warned that Iran’s loss of de facto control over Hormuz increased “the risk it will resort to military escalation to bolster its position.”— Prashant Rao