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The Strait of Hormuz seen from the International Space Station in June 2016, with the Musandam Peninsula and Qeshm Island. This is an archive photo and does not show the vessels that were struck.

Strait of Hormuz

Iran says four tankers were hit in two days in the Strait of Hormuz, as a maritime centre's tally reaches 181 incidents since March

The Strait of Hormuz, between Iran (to the north) and the Arabian Peninsula (to the south), in an image taken by NASA's Terra satellite on 2 December 2020.

With Hormuz shut for more than eight months, AD Ports' profit jumps 73% as cargo is diverted to Fujairah and Khor Fakkan

Petrobras headquarters in downtown Rio de Janeiro, in 2009.

Petrobras posts R$39.8 billion profit in the third quarter, up 21.5%, and approves R$15.3 billion in shareholder payouts

The seat of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg, seen from the Elbe, in 2008.

Argentina asks the Law of the Sea Tribunal to halt the Sea Lion oil project as the UK seeks rejection of every measure

Official portrait of Brad Cooper in 2021, when he was a vice admiral commanding the Fifth Fleet; he now heads US Central Command.

US creates task force to shut Iran's overland routes and take the blockade beyond the sea

Satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran to the north and the Arabian Peninsula to the south, taken by the MODIS sensor on the Terra satellite in December 2020. The channel is about 34 km wide at its narrowest point.

Strait of Hormuz

Iran exempts Chinese, Indian, Iraqi and Qatari ships from Hormuz restrictions, where 10.23 million barrels a day transited

Petrobras platform P-51 in a 2009 company handout image. The photo is not of the Morpho well.

Equatorial Margin

Petrobras closes Morpho well at the mouth of the Amazon after three oil discoveries in under three months

European Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen during a visit to the United Kingdom in June 2026.

Eleven EU countries will release 20.5 million barrels of diesel from strategic reserves by the end of January

The Strait of Hormuz, between Iran to the north and the Arabian Peninsula to the south, in a December 2020 image from NASA's Terra satellite.

Brent settles at $116.72, a six-month high, as Houthi attacks hit Saudi energy infrastructure

King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, in 2012.

Houthi attacks kill four in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province and push Brent above $110

The Strait of Hormuz seen by NASA's Terra satellite in December 2020: Iran to the north, the Musandam Peninsula to the south, and a 34-km channel at its narrowest point.

Strait of Hormuz

Iran says a tanker carrying 2 million barrels caught fire after striking a mine in Hormuz, and declares the strait closed

María Corina Machado at a press conference at the Valencia Bar Association in Venezuela, in October 2023.

Machado says Washington shut her out of the Caracas talks, and vows to return to Venezuela

Saudi Aramco's core area in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, with the Al Mujamma mosque in the foreground and the administration buildings behind, in a file photo.

Houthi attack hits Saudi Aramco's headquarters in Dhahran, and Brent climbs to $106.24

The International Monetary Fund's headquarters in Washington; the 2026 annual meetings are being held in Bangkok.

IMF raises its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1%, with oil at $96 and public debt climbing

An Indian Navy ship on anti-piracy patrol in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia, in November 2018.

Somali pirates killed five of a tanker's 17 crew before losing the ship to Puntland forces

A satellite image of the Strait of Hormuz, between Iran (north) and the Arabian Peninsula (south), captured by NASA's MODIS sensor in December 2020.

Trump rejects Iran's plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in seven days

The El Sharara oil field in south-western Libya, operated in partnership with Spain's Repsol.

Armed group shuts valve at Libya's largest oil field, and the state producer threatens force majeure

The Berlaymont building, seat of the European Commission, in Brussels in 2019.

Brussels keeps its moratorium on Arctic oil and gas drilling, despite pressure from Norway

The Manifa oil field on Saudi Arabia's east coast, photographed from the International Space Station in August 2023.

Aramco tells European refiners they will get no crude in October