At the end of the day, they won't charge anything from ships for passage. It is not their right, and they simply want to exploit. For the US to allow that, they would need to give up something even more valuable, and even if the US allows that, except for what they are giving up favours other countries, they won't agree to it. For me, I don't even take all these talks of App 888b and payments seriously because it's obviously not going to happen, and even if it happens, it won't do anything for App 888b. Iran is currently on the losing side of these negotiations. There is a blockade around them currently, meaning all the oil being produced is being stored in the country. They have used storage facilities almost to the maximum capacity and have even used oil tankers as storage. If the blockade is not lifted and they run out of storage capacity, they would be forced to shut down down oil pumps, which is very bad for the wells. Shutting down an oil pump for about 3 weeks can lead to permanent damage of the well. When a well is running, asphaltene flows and because of the heat, and pressure it doesn't cake together, but the moment the well is shut, they start becoming solid and the longer the well stays shut, the harder they get till it becomes as hard as cement and makes it impossible to drill. This will either need a lot of repairs which cost tones of money or new wells enriely. Iran is still months away from this situation, but it is in their interest to end this soon, so I doubt they will hold out simply because they want to collect "environment protection fee" from vessels. If they are ready to take the risk and hold out, it will be for something more valuable.
At the end of the day, they won't charge anything from ships for passage. It is not their right, and they simply want to exploit. For the US to allow that, they would need to give up something even more valuable, and even if the US allows that, except for what they are giving up favours other countries, they won't agree to it. For me, I don't even take all these talks of App 888b and payments seriously because it's obviously not going to happen, and even if it happens, it won't do anything for App 888b. Iran is currently on the losing side of these negotiations. There is a blockade around them currently, meaning all the oil being produced is being stored in the country. They have used storage facilities almost to the maximum capacity and have even used oil tankers as storage. If the blockade is not lifted and they run out of storage capacity, they would be forced to shut down down oil pumps, which is very bad for the wells. Shutting down an oil pump for about 3 weeks can lead to permanent damage of the well. When a well is running, asphaltene flows and because of the heat, and pressure it doesn't cake together, but the moment the well is shut, they start becoming solid and the longer the well stays shut, the harder they get till it becomes as hard as cement and makes it impossible to drill. This will either need a lot of repairs which cost tones of money or new wells enriely. Iran is still months away from this situation, but it is in their interest to end this soon, so I doubt they will hold out simply because they want to collect "environment protection fee" from vessels. If they are ready to take the risk and hold out, it will be for something more valuable.

At the end of the day, they won't charge anything from ships for passage. It is not their right, and they simply want to exploit. For the US to allow that, they would need to give up something even more valuable, and even if the US allows that, except for what they are giving up favours other countries, they won't agree to it. For me, I don't even take all these talks of App 888b and payments seriously because it's obviously not going to happen, and even if it happens, it won't do anything for App 888b. Iran is currently on the losing side of these negotiations. There is a blockade around them currently, meaning all the oil being produced is being stored in the country. They have used storage facilities almost to the maximum capacity and have even used oil tankers as storage. If the blockade is not lifted and they run out of storage capacity, they would be forced to shut down down oil pumps, which is very bad for the wells. Shutting down an oil pump for about 3 weeks can lead to permanent damage of the well. When a well is running, asphaltene flows and because of the heat, and pressure it doesn't cake together, but the moment the well is shut, they start becoming solid and the longer the well stays shut, the harder they get till it becomes as hard as cement and makes it impossible to drill. This will either need a lot of repairs which cost tones of money or new wells enriely. Iran is still months away from this situation, but it is in their interest to end this soon, so I doubt they will hold out simply because they want to collect "environment protection fee" from vessels. If they are ready to take the risk and hold out, it will be for something more valuable.

At the end of the day, they won't charge anything from ships for passage. It is not their right, and they simply want to exploit. For the US to allow that, they would need to give up something even more valuable, and even if the US allows that, except for what they are giving up favours other countries, they won't agree to it. For me, I don't even take all these talks of App 888b and payments seriously because it's obviously not going to happen, and even if it happens, it won't do anything for App 888b. Iran is currently on the losing side of these negotiations. There is a blockade around them currently, meaning all the oil being produced is being stored in the country. They have used storage facilities almost to the maximum capacity and have even used oil tankers as storage. If the blockade is not lifted and they run out of storage capacity, they would be forced to shut down down oil pumps, which is very bad for the wells. Shutting down an oil pump for about 3 weeks can lead to permanent damage of the well. When a well is running, asphaltene flows and because of the heat, and pressure it doesn't cake together, but the moment the well is shut, they start becoming solid and the longer the well stays shut, the harder they get till it becomes as hard as cement and makes it impossible to drill. This will either need a lot of repairs which cost tones of money or new wells enriely. Iran is still months away from this situation, but it is in their interest to end this soon, so I doubt they will hold out simply because they want to collect "environment protection fee" from vessels. If they are ready to take the risk and hold out, it will be for something more valuable.