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supply shocks. "It's really a double whammy," Shaw says. To put the scale of this disruption into perspective: The top three global exporters of jet fuel are China, South Korea and Kuwait. China
disruptions to energy supplies. The price of global benchmark Brent crude is down 3.8% so far in Tuesday trading to $95.54 a barrel, while US traded West Texas Intermediate is down
Strait of Hormuz, with over a dozen US warships now enforcing a blockade that has rerouted dozens of vessels, sending shockwaves through global energy markets and raising fears of a worldwide economic meltdown. Washington
Strait of Hormuz matters so much in the Iran war](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78n6p09pzno) Although the UK gets very little of its gas from the region, the squeeze on supply has pushed up the international price
strait of Hormuz. Speaking to the London thinktank Chatham House, Birol said it was open to IEA members to release more strategic oil reserves as they had previously in March, and said the IEA stood
Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively closed in response to US and Israeli attacks. The increase in jet fuel prices reflects the role Middle Eastern refineries play in supplies. The Al-Zour refinery
Hormuz](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/08/will-shipping-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-oil-prices-return-to-normal), through which a fifth of the world’s oil and gas flows. “UK airlines typically buy fuel months in advance, and aviation fuel suppliers hold bunkered stocks. The UK imports
disrupted by the conflict. Trump also suspended an attempt by the U.S. military to open a safe passage for commercial ships through the strait, saying the pause would allow more time to reach a peace
Strait of Hormuz, severely disrupting global energy shipments. Iran retaliated against US-Israeli airstrikes by threatening to attack ships in the waterway, through which about a fifth of the world's energy usually passes
strait of Hormuz strangled the flow of oil and gas from the Gulf to the global markets. It pumped 2.31m barrels of oil equivalent a day in the first quarter, according to its latest
disrupted through the Strait of Hormuz as Iran and the US spar over control of the strategic waterway. The US and Israel also directed some of their [thousands of strikes](/news/2026/4/7/iran-warns-region-and-beyond-as-tension-builds-ahead-of-us-ultimatum) against ports, naval facilities
disruptions are poised to further snarl a busy summer travel season. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/04/nx-s1-5810944/the-standoff-in-the-strait-of-hormuz) ### [State of the World from NPR](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510366/state-of-the-world) ### [The standoff in the Strait
Strait of Hormuz, a lifeline for India’s gas imports, continues. Meanwhile, the war continues, with the US on Sunday capturing an Iranian cargo vessel, even as Washington says it is willing to hold another
Hormuz, which before the war handled one-fifth of the world’s oil and gas supply. A Pakistani source and another source briefed on the mediation told the Reuters news agency that an agreement
supplies normally routed through it to freely flow again. Post after post referred to the reopening of the strait, which Iran had targeted as a central part of its strategy of imposing pain
disruption of global oil and gas supplies. A White House statement following the Trump-Xi summit says: “President Xi also made clear China’s opposition to the militarisation of the Strait and any effort
Strait of Hormuz. **GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images** GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images A week since President Trump visited China, details are beginning to emerge on the agreements reached in Beijing, though the two sides
Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway where one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas supplies are normally shipped. The price of jet fuel has more than doubled in certain markets since
Strait of Hormuz, which has effectively been closed to shipping since the start of March. Airlines are not physically running short of fuel currently, but there have been warnings of potential shortages by the summer
Hormuz were to reopen tomorrow, the impact of disruption caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran could still be felt into next year, he said. Iran’s effective closure of the strait