The Most Dangerous Waterway – Why It Controls Your Gas Price

Epic cinematic aerial satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz at golden hour showing dozens of oil tankers queuing through two narrow 3km shipping lanes between Iran to the north and Oman and UAE to the south representing the world's most critical oil chokepoint

There’s a stretch of water so narrow you couldalmost swim across it. At its thinnest point, it’s just 33 kilometers wide. And yet, what happens in this slim corridorof ocean can determine whether you pay $3or $6 at the gas pump — and whether globaleconomies boom or collapse. This is the Strait of Hormuz.And right … Read more