Saudi Arabia is the largest oil exporter that relies on the Strait and accounts for nearly 40% of the oil exports that pass ...

The Strait of Hormuz is a major oil transportation route, ferrying around 20% of the world's oil and gas flow. The narrow channel, whittling down to just 21 miles across at one point, connects the ...

Closing the Strait of Hormuz is on the menu as Iran weighs up its response to attacks from Israel and potential intervention from Western powers, Upstream's sister title TradeWinds reported.

The Strait of Hormuz, a channel less than 100 km in width, separates Iran from the Arabian Peninsula, connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.

a seized South Korean-flagged tanker is escorted by Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats on the Persian Gulf. Iran threatens US with 'everlasting consequences' after strikes on nuclear sites Why ...

Iran has long asserted that it can shut down the Strait of Hormuz. While the strait can't be "closed" in the traditional sense - like shutting a road - Iran could attempt to make the waterway too ...

The participants were informed that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is at present stable, but nothing was being left to chance. The ship reporting system has been put in place to monitor any ...

"Iran will shut the Strait once it cannot export — this is my simple answer," Raydan said. But that scenario is a long way off for now, with Israel apparently focusing most of its attacks away ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Chief of Information Center of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) Major General Kristomei Sianturi stated that USS Nimitz, the American aircraft carrier, is currently ...

The strait is essential to the global oil trade. Tankers hauled almost 16.5 million barrels per day of crude and condensate from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Iran ...

India plans to source crude oil from outside the Persian Gulf and to cut its own refined‑product exports, Oil Minister Hardeep Puri said Thursday, as a potential blockage of the Strait of Hormuz ...

China News: TAIPEI: China sent 74 warplanes toward Taiwan between late Thursday and early Friday, 61 of which crossed the central line in the Taiwan Strait that u.