Analysis: The oil route that could be at the center of a U.S. warning of 'unrelenting force' against Iran
A handout photo made available by the U.S. Navy shows F/A-18F Super Hornets flying in formation above the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on Feb. 9, 2012. By Rick Noack Rick Noack Foreign affairs reporter focusing on Europe and international security Email Bio Follow May 6 at 7:11 AM After what national security adviser John Bolton called “a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings,” the U.S.
While Bolton’s strongly worded statement to announce additional measures over the weekend was as unusual as those previous moves, the deployment of additional U.S. resources to the region amid heightening tensions has become a more regular occurrence: The reason is the narrow stretch of water at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz.
Some of the oil may be rerouted via pipelines that have been expanded over fears of an Iranian-Western clash, but those are still limited in capacity and more expensive.
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