«You can have the most powerful army the world has ever seen, but in its path nature will enter», said Tim Marshall, author of the best seller «The prisoners of geography», referring to the strategic importance of Ormuz StraitAn important weapon for Iran in the war with the United States.
Close closure has caused global oil prices to eject and increase inflation, proving how important it is in relation to the global economy
Strategic «Residue»
About 35 million years ago, the Arabic tectonic plate began to collide with Eurasia's counterpart, causing the shrinking of the prehistoric ocean of Tethyus that once separated the supercontinents of Laurasia and Godvana.
Laurasia will later be formed in North America, Europe, and parts of Asia, while Godvana will break up in South America, Africa, Antarctica, Australia and India.
But the ancient sea did not disappear completely, as a remnant of it survives today. The Strait of Hormuz.
How oil was created
Experts say that the geological process that created the critical water route is exactly the same process that gave the area its oil wealth from the start.
According to National Geographic, as the Arabic plate began to move more below the Eurasian plate, the Zagros mountains – an impressive area of mountain peaks. The mountain weight sympathised part of the Arabic plate, causing the formation of the strait.
For hundreds of millions of years before the Arabic plate collides with Eurasia, was below sea level, ensuring the perfect environment for the formation of crude oil, according to National Geographic.
This is due to the fact that(i) when animals and plants at sea die, their remains sit at the bottom of the sea, between layers of mud and sand. Then, over millions of yearsThese residues are converted into oil under intense heat and pressure.
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