影响全球石油贸易的七大运输“咽喉”

Currently, a total of 35 million barrels (about 5 million12C16tons) of oil are being transported to differentparts of the world every day through narrow seachannels and pipelines. Those sea transportationchannels and pipelines are known as “throats”?in theinternational petroleum trade, because they may be blockedor closed at any time, and the international oil market canbe seriously affected if any of them are cut off. To helpreaders understand the situation surrounding these “throats”?for oil transportation, this article gives a briefintroduction to and analysis of the seven most importantoil transportation channels in the world-the Mandeb Straits,Hormuz Straits, and the Bosporus Straits, and the PanamaCanal /oil pipeline that crosses Panama, the Suez Canal/Shamede Oil Pipeline, the Straits of Malacca and Russianoil and gas export harbors and pipelines.