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Not just oil: How the Strait of Hormuz blockage affects US consumers, from fertilizer to helium

If you’ve given even passing attention to current events, you know that the Strait of Hormuz is a key passageway for crude oil shipments. And you know that Iran blocking the strait in response to U.S.

Goldman Sachs warning on Strait Hormuz: Countries could face oil shortages

As a narrow waterway between Oman and Iran, the Strait of Hormuz serves as the world's most important oil transit choke point ...
Scientific American

Bypass the Strait of Hormuz with nuclear explosives? The U.S. studied that option in the 1960s

Newt Gingrich raised eyebrows with a social media post about using nuclear bombs to cut a new channel in the Strait of Hormuz ...

Hormuz closure divides the fortunes of Middle Eastern oil states

The Strait of Hormuz's closure has handed financial windfalls to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia, while other states that lack ...

New oil lifeline? How Red Sea route via Bab el-Mandeb is emerging as an alternative to Strait of Hormuz

The Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden, has emerged as another potential chokepoint after ...

The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Driving a Wave of Global Energy Rationing

Countries are rationing fuel, cutting flights, and paying families cash just to keep moving ...

Retired Centcom Commander: U.S. Has Capability To Keep Strait of Hormuz Open Without Ground Troops

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, told CBS's "Face The Nation" that the U.S.

UAE says the use of Hormuz must be guaranteed in any US-Iran deal

UAE official Anwar Gargash said any settlement of the U.S.-Iran war must guarantee access through the Strait of Hormuz, ...