Energy Secretary Chris Wright tells CNBC more than 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz on Monday

watch nowMore than 17 million barrels of oil transited the Strait of Hormuz by ship on Monday, a record since the Iran war began in late February, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNBC in an interview Wednesday. Oil exports from the region on Monday were higher than pre-war levels when Saudi Arabia's and the Uni

US energy secretary says 17 million barrels of oil transited Hormuz Strait on Monday US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said that 17 million barrels of oil transited the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Wright added that marked the highest level of crude oil to pass through the waterway since the war on Iran disrupte