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“On Tuesday, 12 crew members on a Panama-flagged tanker were injured in an attack by an unknown projectile while crossing the Strait of Hormuz, India’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.”

“Marisks said on Monday that the Liberian-flagged Aframax tanker Lipsi was struck by an unknown projectile on Oct. 4 while transiting northeast of Jazirat Um Al Fayarin, Oman, in the Strait of Hormuz, damaging its engine room.”

““The Strait of Hormuz remains a major flashpoint, with the attack on another tanker on Sunday keeping worries bubbling about the potential for further disruption to supplies, particularly if shipping companies become increasingly reluctant to risk sending…”

“In this month alone, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) has recorded nine incidents of attacks on tankers within the Strait of Hormuz.”

“Oil exports from the Middle East rose above pre-war levels at the end of last month despite ongoing attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.”

“Pipeline backups were ready Iran began attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz in response to the U.S.-Israeli bombardment that started the war.”

“Pipeline backups were ready Iran began attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz in response to the U.S.-Israeli bombardment that started the war.”

“… Donald Trump and Israel have drawn up plans to unleash new attacks on Iran once the midterm elections are over An oil tanker burns after being hit by an Iranian strike in the ship-to-ship transfer zone at Khor al-Zubair port near Basra, Iraq, late Wednesday,…”

“Unlike some of its neighbors, it has no export routes that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, and has been reluctant to move LNG tankers — which are more flammable and expensive than crude carriers — through the strait.”

“Why are gas prices still high even as traffic improves in the Strait of Hormuz?”

“Oil prices initially climbed on Wednesday following a warning that Iran appeared to be stepping up attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, before closing lower after International Energy Agency (IEA) member states said they were ready to release more…”

“Oil supply has also taken a hit, not only from the slowdown in tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, but the Houthi rebel attack on the so-called East-West pipeline in Saudi Arabia, which has been a key alternative for oil exports.”

“The pipeline served as a route for Saudi Arabia to transfer export shipments to the Red Sea, bypassing the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf where Iranian strikes have halted tanker traffic.”

“Earlier this summer, as the missile exchanges in the Gulf died down and Trump signalled that peace was on the way, the price of oil began to fall from the $100-plus US range it hit in response to the initial U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, and Iran's closure of…”

“The price of diesel in the United States has reached a record high of $5.85 per gallon (3.9 liters) amid the war with Iran, despite President Donald Trump’s repeated claim that the US is in control of the Strait of Hormuz.”

“The warning comes after a number of attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, an alternative waterway that some tankers had been using since Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz.”