Iran's navy seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman as it headed to US, latest-such capture in crucial waterway for global energy supplies
The Advantage Sweet had just come from Kuwait and listed its destination as Houston, when it issued a distress call at 1:15pm in international waters as Iran seized the vessel.The tanker carried Kuwaiti crude oil for American energy firm Chevron Corp. of San Ramon, California. / Photo: Reuters Archive
Manifest information from data firm Refinitiv showed the Advantage Sweet carried Kuwaiti crude oil for American energy firm Chevron Corp. of San Ramon, California. Meanwhile, on Friday, an unidentified vessel came under attack in the Gulf of Aden, south of war-torn Yemen, according to United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations.
Iran has made allegations in other seizures that later fell apart as it became clear Tehran was trying to leverage the capture as a chip to negotiate with foreign nations.
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