Oman
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Formerly Muscat and Oman. Sultanate of Oman, an independent sultanate in southeastern Arabia. About 82,800 sq. mi. (212,380 sq. km). Muscat.
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Gulf of Oman, a northwestern arm of the Arabian Sea, at the entrance to the Persian Gulf.
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Strategically located on trading and military routes between the Persian Gulf and Asia and east Africa, Oman has been occupied by the Portuguese, the Turks, and the Persians; since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has maintained close relations with Britain.
Oman began exporting oil in 1967.
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The US embassy in Oman told its staff and citizen to take cover due to "activity outside Muscat", though it was not immediately clear what that activity was.
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Almost a fifth of the petroleum consumed around the world each day flows through the deep channel between Iran and Oman, much of it from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab producers.
It’s the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow shipping lane between Iran and Oman that handles about 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows.
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It’s the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow shipping lane between Iran and Oman that handles about 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows.
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Roughly one-fifth of the world’s petroleum and liquefied natural gas supply passes each day through the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow chokepoint between Iran and Oman.
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