Chokepoints
Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz: why this chokepoint matters, which countries sit on it, and the latest Bureau coverage.
Critical
already critical; crisis signal persists: US Jet Cripples Cargo Ship in the Gulf of Oman as Two Blockades Tighten Around Iran
World Barometer →- Roughly a fifth of global oil and a third of seaborne LNG passes here.
- The world's oil jugular. Every closure threat reprices crude within hours; the arithmetic of closure is the Bureau's standing watch.
Bureau read: 3 countries sit on this passage; the highest-scored is United Arab Emirates (68.28/100). A chokepoint is judged by how many navies can hold it — and by the power of those who border it.