The 7 biggest oil chokepoints in the world - seen like never before
Nov 3, 2016, 22:35 IST
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Around 50% of the global oil supply passes through a maritime chokepoint, according to the US Energy Information Agency.
Chokepoints, defined as narrow channels along widely-used global sea routes, range from stable and secure to political and dangerous. In many cases, however, there's no viable way around them.
For a closer look at them, we've visualized tanker traffic density over the past 14 days at each location, using a tool provided by vessel-tracking company FleetMon.