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US EIA reminder: Strait of Hormuz world’s most important oil chokepoint; almost 20% of oil traded worldwide

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Use of the alternate routes would increase the cost of transportation. It is located between Yemen, Djibouti, and Eritrea, and connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea. Other alternate routes could include the deactivated 1.65-million million bbl/d Iraqi Pipeline across Saudi Arabia (IPSA), and the deactivated 0.5

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