Bessent Says Strait of Hormuz Will Be Bypassed Within Two Years as Oil Pipelines Offer Alternative
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Bessent Says Hormuz Will Soon Be ‘Worthless’ as Oil Bypasses It
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent dismissed the importance of the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, saying the crucial waterway for Persian Gulf energy that’s been controlled by Iran during the recent conflict will get bypassed by oil pipelines.
Bessent says Strait of Hormuz will be bypassed within two years as oil pipelines offer alternative
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said new oil pipeline routes would reduce reliance on the Strait of Hormuz, predicting the crucial energy chokepoint would become “a worthless piece of water” within two years.
The Strait of Hormuz will cease to be a key trade route in two years and will become a useless waterway, US Treasury Secretary Scott Besent has said.
Scott Besant: The Iranians are trying to use the Strait of Hormuz as a strategic chokepoint. It's not a chokepoint for the United States, but it's a very important chokepoint for many other countries.
"They will be bypassed in two years," he said on the sidelines of a gathering of executives from the global economic community in Asheville, North Carolina.
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