October 17, 2026CommoditiesPolitics·Bearish·geopolitics
IRGC says supertanker carrying 2M barrels of crude hit naval mine while exiting Strait of Hormuz via US-backed Omani corridor, caught fire
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said a supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude struck a naval mine while exiting the Strait of Hormuz through the US-backed southern Omani corridor, causing an explosion and a fire in its engine room. The incident follows a series of tanker attacks in the strait amid rising US-Iran tensions.
Detected & updated continuously · Source: Nebula
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Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsStrait of HormuzCrude Oil