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Twenty-one miles of water. That is the width of the Strait of Hormuz at its narrowest point — the distance between the Iranian coastline and the Omani exclave of Musandam. Through that corridor moves roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply, along with significant volumes of liquefied natural gas. No other chokepoint on earth concentrates this much economic consequence in this little geography.

Hormuz.net exists because that fact demands dedicated coverage. The strait is not a background condition of global energy markets. It is an active variable — shaped by Iranian naval doctrine, Gulf coalition posture, tanker insurance pricing, American carrier deployments, and the political calculations of governments from Riyadh to Beijing. When the strait tightens, markets move. When it closes, they break.

This site covers the strait and the broader Persian Gulf theater as a unified intelligence problem. Oil market data matters here, but so does the IRGC’s order of battle, the state of Omani diplomacy, and the trajectory of Iranian domestic politics. Energy and geopolitics are not separate beats in this region. They are the same story told from different angles.

Coverage is analytical and unsentimental. Hormuz.net does not carry diplomatic language designed to obscure what is actually happening in the Gulf. It reports the pressure, names the actors, and follows the oil.

The strait has never been just a waterway. It is leverage — the most valuable piece of maritime geography in the modern economy. Understanding it is not optional for anyone serious about energy markets, Middle East strategy, or global supply chain stability.

That is what this site is for.