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Not ‘a litre of oil’ to pass Strait of Hormuz, expect $200 price tag: Iran

Headline from Al Jazeera, on the newest of 2 developments

Warning comes as 400 million barrels of oil are being released from global reserves during waterway’s closure.

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  1. Strait of Hormuz ship traffic slows to a crawl. Here

    Headline from CBS News ·

  2. Newest

    Not ‘a litre of oil’ to pass Strait of Hormuz, expect $200 price tag: Iran

    Headline from Al Jazeera ·

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7 articles, oldest first.

  1. Al Jazeera

    Could Trump ‘take over’ the Strait of Hormuz as oil prices rise? (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Oil prices spiked after shipments through the Strait of Hormuz were disrupted amid the Iran war.

  2. CBS News

    Strait of Hormuz ship traffic slows to a crawl. Here (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The Iran war is renewing concerns about the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. A prolonged closure could sharply drive up oil prices, experts said.

  3. Al Jazeera

    Not ‘a litre of oil’ to pass Strait of Hormuz, expect $200 price tag: Iran (opens Al Jazeera)

    Published

    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Warning comes as 400 million barrels of oil are being released from global reserves during waterway’s closure.

  4. Al-Monitor

    Mideast war transforms Strait of Hormuz into critical front line (opens Al-Monitor)

    Published

    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Attacks have targeted around 20 commercial vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz, data analyst groups report, as the blockaded waterway becomes a front line in the Middle East war.Iran's quest to inflict maximum pain on the global economy in retaliation for US-Israeli strikes on its territory has …

  5. The Guardian

    How Iran has used the strait of Hormuz to throttle oil and gas – a visual guide (opens The Guardian)

    Published

    The Guardian's feed description

    The Tehran regime has weaponised geography in retaliation for the attacks by the US and Israel

  6. NPR

    Iran war leads to historic closing of the Strait of Hormuz (opens NPR)

    Published

    NPR's feed description

    On day 12 of U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, we learn more about the importance of the shipping lane: the Strait of Hormuz.

  7. Military.com

    Iran War Has Blocked the Strait of Hormuz, a Vital Oil Chokepoint. Reopening It Is a Big Challenge (opens Military.com)

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    Military.com's feed description

    The rising prices causing winces of pain at gasoline pumps are due, in large part, to the impact of the Iran war on the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial passageway for oil and gas from the Persian Gulf.