The US Navy has helped tankers move 900 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz since May.

The US Navy has helped tankers move 900 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz since May.

Since early May, the US military has assisted commercial ships in transporting more than 900 million barrels of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for the US Central Middle East Command (CENTCOM), told Al Jazeera.