US Energy Chief Says Navy To Defend Hormuz Until Iran Backs Down

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy and María Paula Mijares Torres

Sep 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –US Navy escorts that are helping tankers cross the Strait of Hormuz are essential to sustaining crude flows through the waterway, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday, suggesting they won’t end anytime soon. 

“We’re getting a lot of ships through, but of course it requires the US military to do that,” Wright said on CNN’s State of the Union. “The Iranians are still causing trouble, but the United States Navy is winning that battle.”

In a series of television interviews Sunday, Wright said oil transits through the