Rebecca F Elliott

Why the world never built a backup to the Strait of Hormuz

Nearly a fifth of the world’s oil passes through this narrow waterway and for decades, it has been the world’s most dangerous oil chokepoint. Yet geography, rivalries and economics have ensured there is still no real way around it

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