Six months of war leaves Gulf oil trapped between two chokepoints
The National · 28 Aug 2026

Six months of war leaves Gulf oil trapped between two chokepoints

Six months after the US and Israel launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran on February 28, the Strait of Hormuz has yet to recover even a quarter of the roughly 20 million barrels a day of crude it carried before the war. The alternative route Gulf producers turned to, the Red Sea, is now under pr


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