Oil Tanker That Exited Hormuz Comes to a Halt in Gulf of Oman

An oil supertanker that exited the Persian Gulf on Sunday hauling a cargo of Iraqi crude has come to a halt as it was about to exit the Gulf of Oman for the Arabian Sea.

The very large crude carrier Agios Fanourios I crossed the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, having loaded a cargo of crude from the Basra Oil Terminal last month, tracking data compiled by Bloomberg show.