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Halt Hour 140: Holiday Gap Opens, ICE Brent Locks in Pause Premium
At 22:00 UTC Friday the halt reaches 140 hours. The 89-hour holiday gap is open. ICE Brent settled at the pause premium. The 'by Friday' channel deadline expired unmet.

Halt Hour 120: Tokyo Mid-Session Carries No Channel Confirmation
The US-Iran halt passes 120 hours at Tokyo mid-session Friday without confirmation of the violation-reporting channel Iran announced would exist 'by Friday.'

Halt Hour 118: Asia Open Inherits Holiday Week With No Verified Step
The US-Iran halt passes 118 hours at the July 3 Asia open — first session after the US pre-holiday window closed Thursday without a single verification step.

Halt Hour 114: US Window Closes as NYMEX Enters Pre-Holiday Final
At 20:00 UTC Thursday the US institutional window closes at hour 114 without a verification step as NYMEX WTI enters its final pre-Independence Day settlement.

Halt Hour 112: Two Hours Left in the US Window as NYMEX Approaches Its Pre-Holiday Close
At 18:00 UTC Thursday, the US-Iran halt reaches hour 112. The US institutional window has two hours remaining. NYMEX WTI holds the pause-premium and no verification step has begun.

Halt Hour 98: Tokyo Mid-Session Holds the Pause Premium Into London
At hour 98 the US-Iran halt sits in Tokyo mid-session with oil unchanged, Hormuz dark to tankers, and London's open four hours away as Thursday's institutional window begins to form.