Dossier: The Strait of Hormuz
All of Magna Bureau’s Hormuz coverage in one place — the passage, the crisis, the countries that hold it, and what flows through it.
Last updated: October 2026
This dossier collects every part of Magna Bureau’s coverage of the Strait of Hormuz in one place: the chokepoint page that explains why the passage matters, the news articles that track the closure crisis, the factbook profiles of the three countries that sit on it, the energy pages for what flows through it, and the rankings pages that score its holders. The Strait of Hormuz is the narrow waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula, connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. Roughly a fifth of global oil and about a third of seaborne liquefied natural gas pass through it, making it the world’s most consequential energy chokepoint.
News
- Strait of Hormuz: The Arithmetic of Closure — the Bureau’s standing account of what closure would mean.
- Iran offers to reopen Hormuz in seven days — Tehran’s offer and its price.
- Strait of Hormuz Stays Shut… — the closure holds.
- The battle over Hormuz is now a battle over the numbers — competing claims about the strait’s traffic.
- Supertanker ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz… — fire on the waterway and the blockade.
- Hormuz stays shut: Iran holds out for seven… — markets wait on the strait.
Chokepoints
- Strait of Hormuz — the Bureau’s chokepoint page: why it matters, who sits on it, and the latest coverage.
- Bab el-Mandeb — the strait at the Red Sea’s southern gate, on the same Gulf–Suez shipping system.
- Bab el-Mandeb / Red Sea — the wider corridor leading to the Suez Canal.
- Suez Canal — the canal at the far end of the Hormuz–Red Sea route.
Countries
- Iran — factbook profile of the strait’s northern shore.
- Oman — factbook profile of the strait’s southern shore.
- United Arab Emirates — factbook profile; the highest-scored holder on the strait at 68.28 out of 100.
Minerals & Energy
- Oil — the resource that makes Hormuz the world’s oil jugular; 78 countries list it.
- Natural Gas — the fuel behind the strait’s liquefied natural gas flows; 65 countries list it.
Rankings
- United Arab Emirates — national power score 68.28 out of 100.
- Iran — national power ranking page.
- Oman — national power ranking page.
All links on this page resolve to existing Magna Bureau pages. Coverage develops; the chokepoint page carries the live risk rating.