According to Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, the American armed forces assisted in transporting more than one billion barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz in the last two months
The volume of crude oil, cargo and liquefied natural gas that passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the last two weeks reached its highest level in six months, according to a statement published this Saturday (19) by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), one of the Department of Defense’s Unified Combatant Commands, on the social network X.
According to Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of CENTCOM, the American armed forces assisted in transporting more than one billion barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz in the last two months, while Iran has not transported any barrels since July. He also stated that the United States military provided protection to more than 2,000 commercial ships that transited the Strait.
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“We are working with all partners in the region, strengthening their air defenses, forming a new attack drone coalition unit and keeping the Strait of Hormuz and the adjacent waters open and free of threats,” Cooper said in the video statement.
