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Centcom: Over 1B crude oil barrels passed through Hormuz strait in recent months
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"We've reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2000 commercial ship transits through the Strait by providing coordinated protection. Clearly momentum is building,” Cooper said in a video posted on social media.
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Oil and liquefied natural gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz in the past two weeks reached the highest level in six months, signaling that US naval protection and mine clearance efforts are “paying off,” a regional US commander said.
Oil and gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have reached their highest level in six months, according to U.S. Central Command, as the military works to reopen the critical energy chokepoint amid the ongoing conflict with Iran. Adm.
"We've reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2000 commercial ship transits through the Strait by providing coordinated protection. Clearly momentum is building,” Cooper said in a video posted on social media.
“We’ve reached this significant milestone while assisting over 2000 commercial ship transits through the Strait by providing coordinated protection,” Cooper says
U.S. forces have supported the passage of more than one billion barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz in recent months while Iran has exported none under Washington’s “ironclad blockade,” U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Adm. Brad Cooper announced Saturday.
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