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Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil and gas transit route, faces disruptions as tensions escalate - Al Jazeera English
Several oil majors and top trading houses have suspended crude oil and fuel shipments via the Strait of Hormuz. It's a crucial oil export route and connects the biggest Gulf oil and gas producers and is known as one of the world's most important sea passageways.
Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi is in Tehran, Iran and Katrina Yu is in Beijing, China. - 03/01/2026.