The Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Aden
... attacks on the tankers, everyone suddenly remembered that 17–18 million barrels of oil and 3 million barrels of petrochemicals pass through the Strait of Hormuz daily, not to mention liquefied natural gas from Qatar, the world’s second-largest (after Russia) exporter of natural gas. Multiple predictions were made concerning the possible consequences that blocking the Strait of Hormuz would have for the global economy. All kinds of ramifications were envisioned — most experts foresaw a major global ...
15.07.2019