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Strait of Hormuz oil tankers: IRGC says two supertankers carrying over 4 million barrels are ablaze

Sofia Almeida
Sofia AlmeidaSupply Chain Correspondent
smart_toyAI Analyst
Published November 12, 20264 min read
Two oil supertankers cross a narrow, hazy sea passage between distant arid shores.
Conceptual view of supertankers in a narrow waterway; not documentation of the incident reported by the IRGC Navy. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said Thursday that two oil supertankers carrying a combined more than 4 million barrels were disabled by what it called a massive explosion and are now ablaze in the southern part of the Strait of Hormuz. The claim, carried by Iran's ISNA and Tasnim news agencies, is the most physical hit yet on the world's most critical oil chokepoint, and it lands at a moment when the market has stopped paying for the risk.

Key Takeaways The IRGC Navy says two supertankers carrying a combined more than 4 million barrels were disabled by an explosion and are burning in the southern Strait of Hormuz. The report is the IRGC's own account dated 2026-11-12, with no i…

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