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The US produces more oil than any country in history. So why can't it save Asia from the Hormuz crisis?Detailed digging through EIA data, Polymarket live markets, Dallas Fed models, Congressional Research reports, and infrastructure filings to answer that one question. The answer is genuinely surprising.
What you'll find inside the report:📊 12 fully interactive charts — drag sliders, click annotations, switch between scenarios in real time
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The number that breaks the "energy dominance" narrative:The US can fill roughly
13% of Asia's supply gap from the Hormuz closure. At max. Despite 13.6 million barrels per day of production.
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The paradox nobody talks about:America simultaneously exports 11 million barrels per day of petroleum AND imports 8.4 million. Both numbers are real. The reason why explains everything about how global oil markets actually work.
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What Polymarket is pricing right now:→ WTI hits $110 in April:
86% probability→ WTI hits $120 in April:
51.5% probability→ US recession by end of 2026:
32.5% probability→ Bitcoin today: trapped between $66k and $68k with almost nothing priced above $68k
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The infrastructure story is the real story:The pipeline carrying Permian crude to Texas export terminals is running at
99% utilization. The two deepwater VLCC terminals that could unlock Asia routes have federal licenses. Neither has a construction start date. Anchor customer Chevron pulled out.
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What the oil shock does to your portfolio:→ Energy stocks: estimated +45% earnings uplift at $100+ oil
→ Airlines: getting destroyed (jet fuel doubled)
→ TIPS bonds: the cleanest trade in stagflation
→ Bitcoin: two competing narratives, genuinely uncertain outcome — the blog shows you both honestly
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The geopolitics nobody is connecting:China cut US crude purchases by
89% in 2025. Russia imports are at zero. OPEC's share of US imports collapsed from 70% in 1977 to 15% today. The map of who buys whose oil has been completely redrawn and most people haven't noticed.
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The interactive scenario builder lets you drag two sliders — disruption duration and oil price — and watch S&P impact, 10 year Treasury yield, Bitcoin range, and recession probability update live.
3,305 words. 12 charts. All primary data sources cited.If you follow energy, macro, or markets — this one is worth 20 minutes of your time.
👇 Read the full interactive report below
https://oculus.jlabsdigital.com/blog/april-02-2026-us-oil-paradox
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