[Breitbart] South Korean lawmaker Kim Young-bae revealed on Thursday that seven oil tankers operated by the nation’s refiners are presently stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.
This week, the Islamic regime in Iran threatened to “burn” any oil tanker attempting to sail through the Strait of Hormuz after the United States and Israel both launched a series of operations against high-profile targets of the regime. The attacks have so far resulted in the deaths of several key members of the rogue regime — including “Supreme Leader” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Speaking at a Thursday emergency meeting of the ruling leftist Democratic Party, Kim, spokesperson on the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee disclosed that seven South Korean-flagged tankers carrying crude oil to local refineries are “effectively stranded” in the Strait of Hormuz, unable to proceed due to “deteriorating regional conditions.”
The lawmaker explained during the meeting that each tanker is carrying up to two million barrels of crude oil — the equivalent to one full day of the nation’s daily petroleum consumption. Collectively, all seven stranded tankers amount to seven days’ worth of consumption in South Korea.
“Each ship carries up to two million barrels of crude oil, equivalent to South Korea’s daily petroleum consumption. As this situation could disrupt national oil consumption, the business community has urged the need for countermeasures,” Kim said, as per the South Korean newspaper Chosun.
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