Iran Oil Terminal That Bypasses Strait of Hormuz Is Filling Up

An oil terminal Iran built to bypass the vital strait of Hormuz appears to have partially filled with crude — offering Tehran a means to get a little of its oil into the world without using the waterway.

The Jask oil terminal — officially opened in July 2021 but largely inactive as a loading facility ever since — was about half filled late last month, an image from the Sentinel Hub website shows. By mid-October, another of its tanks also appeared to have been filled.

The terminal is important because Iran has threatened to close the strait of Hormuz multiple ...