# Energy Security — Chokepoints, Strategic Reserves
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Session 18 | 2026-05-03

Complete energy security reference. 8 chokepoints GPS-located: Hormuz (26.56N 56.25E, 21M bbl/day), Malacca (1.25N 103.82E, 16M bbl/day), Suez (30.42N 32.35E, 4.5M bbl/day), Bab-el-Mandeb (12.58N 43.47E, 4.8M bbl/day), Turkish Straits (41.11N 29.03E, 2.4M bbl/day), Danish Straits, Panama Canal (9.08N 79.68W), Dover. Strategic reserves: US SPR (Louisiana salt caverns, 372M bbl 2024), India ISR (Visakhapatnam 17.69N 83.28E, Mangalore 12.87N 74.85E, Padur 13.32N 74.86E, 39M bbl total). Houthi Red Sea attacks 2023-2025 documented. India Hormuz dependency 85% oil imports. Sources: US EIA World Oil Transit Chokepoints 2024, IEA, MoPNG India.