When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz at the start of the war, Gulf oil producers quickly found alternative routes and reached for unused pipeline capacity. When Iran and its militant allies targeted those, the oil exporters found others. Read more: ↧ Gulf nations have found ways to keep oil flowing At the start of the Iran war, many feared that Tehran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz would send oil prices through the roof and throttle the global economy