Summary
Before a war started in a far region, the fuel mostly passed through a narrow waterway.
That waterway is called the Strait of Hormuz.
Key Points
3 points1
Around 67 percent of India's cooking fuel imports come from the United States.
2
Before the conflict, about 60 percent of the fuel needed to travel through the Strait of Hormuz.
3
The Strait of Hormuz is a short sea passage that many ships use.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsLPG
liquefied petroleum gas, a type of fuel used for cooking
Strait of Hormuz
a narrow sea channel where ships move between oceans
Conflict
a serious disagreement or fight between countries
Import
to bring something in from another country
Percentage
a way to show part of a whole using numbers out of one hundred
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