Four oil tankers off the U.A.E. coast were attacked in a “sophisticated and coordinated” operation most likely conducted by a “state actor.”

Two commercial oil tankers were hit by explosions and caught fire in the Gulf of Oman, prompting the evacuation and rescue of dozens of crew members.

Four days after the mysterious disappearance of an oil tanker Riah in the Persian Gulf, it turns out that (IRGC) has towed the ship to an Iranian island.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has "confiscated" a British tanker, the Stena Impero, in the Strait of Hormuz for what it alleges was a failure "to respect international maritime rules."

The tanker was released by the Iran on September 27.

IRGC seizes a foreign oil tanker. IRGC commander Ramezan Zirah claims it was “smuggling fuel for some Arab countries."

Two large Saudi oil facilities were hit by an attack made up of rockets and drones according to local authorities. Attacks on Abqaiq and Khurais oil facilities cause oil prices to jump more than 19 per cent