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Iran just mined the world's busiest oil chokepoint — load up on big oil stocks
The U.S. Secretary of State announced that Iran has mined large portions of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which roughly one-fifth of the world's oil flows every day.
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The Strait of Hormuz is the world's most important oil chokepoint. Mining it is a direct threat to global oil supply — any disruption or even the risk of one tends to push crude prices sharply higher. Major oil producers like Exxon and Chevron benefit directly because the oil they already control becomes more valuable overnight. History shows that Middle East escalation headlines have triggered multi-week oil rallies, and this one involves a physical barrier to shipping, not just rhetoric.
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