What is the Strait of Hormuz and what could happen to oil prices if Iran shuts it down?

An oil tanker in flat  waters

Washington’s strikes on Iran stoked fears that Iran could retaliate by closing the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway between Iran and Oman through which around 20 per cent of the oil and gas consumed globally flows. 

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