Strait of Hormuz — Wikipedia views
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The sea lane between Iran and Oman that links the Gulf to the Indian Ocean, and the only outlet for crude and LNG loaded at Gulf terminals. Its narrowest shipping lanes are a few kilometres wide, so a single closure reaches world energy prices.
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A supertanker hit mines in the strait on 31 August, and US drones later struck Iranian crude tankers under a tanker-for-tanker rule; three tankers turned back without a shot fired. Iran's security chief vowed a prohibited zone, and Trump floated renaming the waterway the Trump Strait.