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US Energy Department blames staffer for inaccurate social media post on oil tanker escort
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA spokesperson says the video clip posted by US Energy Secretary Chris Wright was deleted from his official X account after it was determined that it was incorrectly captioned by department staff.
The post, which claimed that the US Navy had helped an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, was quickly taken down.
Spokesperson Ben Dietderich says the secretary and other officials are “closely monitoring the situation” in the strait, a key access point for oil and natural gas shipments in the Middle East. The US military is considering additional options to keep it open, “including the potential for our Navy to escort tankers,” Dietderich says.
The prospect of military escorts could help reduce price pressures created by the war.
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