The Hormuz mountain ranges are a unique geological formation with a kaleidoscopic finish. Though most other mountain ranges ...

The islands off Iran have become the latest focus of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran after a U.S. strike on Friday ...

The escalating crisis in the Strait of Hormuz has revived comparisons with the 1956 Suez Crisis, raising concerns over global energy security as tensions in West Asia threaten one of the world’s most ...

Kharg Island, a small but crucial oil terminal off Iran’s coast, handles nearly 90 per cent of the country’s crude exports and has emerged as a potential target as the Gulf war intensifies. Analysts ...

Desalination plants convert seawater into fresh drinking water by removing salt and other minerals. The most widely used ...

The U.S. said this week that it attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz. In the 1980s, Iranian ...

When oil infrastructure burns, the damage doesn't stop at the battlefield — here's what the science and history tell us.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Scott L. Montgomery is a geologist who writes about energy issues. War in the Persian Gulf has cut traffic through the Strait of ...

Supply chains remain disrupted, commodity prices have shot up and oil prices have crossed $100 a barrel as a war rages in the ...

Governments are working on plans to unblock the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil choke point. The Iran war has effectively closed the waterway and pushed up gasoline prices.

The Strait of Hormuz has Iran on the northern side and the UAE and Oman on the southern side. It extends for around 100 miles ...

Here are some of the world's most critical oil and gas infrastructure at risk — the pipelines, refineries, and shipping ...