How Houthis’ Red Sea Shipping Threat Risks Bigger Oil Shock

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The Houthis’ threat to Red Sea shipping routes poses a risk of a larger oil supply shock by potentially disrupting Saudi Arabia’s alternative export routes used to bypass the Strait of Hormuz amid the Iran conflict.

One thing that’s helped limit the Iran war’s disruption to global oil supply is the ability of Saudi Arabia to use an alternative export route to the Strait of Hormuz: the Red Sea.