Tanker carrying natural gas through Strait of Hormuz attacked — as Americans urged to leave Middle East

A Qatari-flagged tanker carrying liquefied natural gas through the Strait of Hormuz was reportedly struck by a missile Saturday, while US embassies in the region began urging Americans to leave the Middle East. The Gaslog Shanghai LNG ship sustained damage to its engine room, rendering it inoperable off the Omani coast

The Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea, is one of the world's most crucial oil and gas transit chokepoints, carrying roughly a quarter of the global seaborne oil trade.

The United ⁠Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) ⁠said on Saturday it had received reports of two maritime incidents off Oman, including one in which a tanker was struck by ‌an unknown projectile. In the first incident, a tanker was hit about 11 nautical miles northeast of Oman’s Lima. The vessel reported it was “

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The IRGC said the "non-compliant oil tankers... were struck and brought to a halt, while four other oil tankers quickly changed course and returned to their previous positions".

Before the war, roughly a fifth of the world’s LNG passed through the strait, and the disruption has left Asian buyers scrambling.

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The Egyptian cabinet stated the fire was the result of an attack rather than an accident

Qatar sends first LNG shipment through Strait of Hormuz since tanker attack  thenationalnews.com

Its departure marks the first time a QatarEnergy-controlled LNG tanker exited the Strait of Hormuz since the Al Rekayyat was struck in early July.

QatarEnergy-controlled LNG tanker exits Hormuz, first in nearly three weeks  Reuters

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Iran is proposing a deal that would see it have significantly more control than Oman.

Hormuz, the narrow waterway between the Gulf and the Indian Ocean, is the main route for about a fifth of the world's oil supplies and other vital goods