Multiple oil routes compromised as conflict spreads across Middle East
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As Iran and the United States fight over control of the Strait of Hormuz, a major artery carrying oil to the world from Saudi Arabia has been compromised. Drones have struck the East-West Pipeline, causing extensive damage that could take weeks to recover from. And now, one of two routes out of the Red Sea is also under threat, as Iran-backed Houthi forces advance toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
As Iran and the United States fight over control of the Strait of Hormuz, a major artery carrying oil to the world from Saudi Arabia has been compromised.
Drones have struck the East-West Pipeline, causing extensive damage that could take weeks to recover from.
And now, one of two routes out of the Red Sea is also under threat, as Iran-backed Houthi forces advance toward the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
