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Iran can block oil getting out of the Strait of Hormuz in a number of ways.
Link to tweet
.the ADCOP pipeline was built in 2012 for one specific reason.. so Abu Dhabi could keep exporting 1.5 million barrels a day even if the Strait of Hormuz went dark.. 406 kilometers of insurance policy routed entirely around the chokepoint..
Iran didn't hit a military base.. Iran hit the insurance policy..
and here's the part nobody's connecting..
Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline.. the only other major Hormuz bypass.. was struck on April 8.. losing 700,000 barrels a day of throughput..
both bypasses.. hit.. within 30 days of each other..
Iran didn't hit a military base.. Iran hit the insurance policy..
and here's the part nobody's connecting..
Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline.. the only other major Hormuz bypass.. was struck on April 8.. losing 700,000 barrels a day of throughput..
both bypasses.. hit.. within 30 days of each other..
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