A general view of the Port of Kharg Island Oil Terminal in Iran on March 12, 2017. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesSatellite imagery revealed a number of oil tankers vacating the waters around Iran's key Kharg Island oil loading terminal, amid fears of an Israeli counterattack on Tehran's energy infrastructure. Their empty VLCC supertankers vacated the country's largest oil terminal, Kharg Island, yesterday," tracking firm TankerTrackers.com wrote in a post on the X social media platform on Thursday evening. VLCC tankers are specifically designed to transport large volumes of crude oil. Kharg Island: Iran's largest oil terminalLocated fifteen miles off Iran's northwestern coast, the Kharg Island terminal handles more than 90% of the country's crude exports.

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