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impact’ in Asia Pacific The global oil supply squeeze from [shipping disruptions](/news/2026/5/3/trump-says-us-will-help-free-up-ships-stuck-in-hormuz-strait) in the Strait of Hormuz
Strait of Hormuz. That closure has impacted the world's supplies of oil and liquid
strait of Hormuz shipping channel. Limiting the number of cargo ships passing through the 5km-wide passage has had an extraordinary global impact, reducing the global supply of oil
impact on American consumers,” the White House official said. News of Trump’s talks with oil executives triggered concerns in the market of an extended disruption to oil supplies, Reuters reports, and came
Strait of Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are shipped from Gulf producers. Before the start of the war, the UAE’s production capacity
impact on oil prices. While costs have risen in recent weeks, supply has not yet been severely affected as markets have continued to receive oil that was already in transit when the strait of Hormuz
strait of Hormuz, the key waterway which was closed to shipping by Iran in the early days of the conflict, cutting the supply of around a fifth of the world’s oil
supply chain. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping channel through which 20% of the world's oil and liquid natural gas usually passes, has sent oil prices soaring since the conflict
Hormuz as a result of its “treacherous aggression” against its neighbours. ## ‘Vital artery’ One-fifth of the world’s supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are shipped through the strait, which connects Gulf
impact on millions of people a long way from the war zone. The fertiliser crisis risks causing hunger in countries that do not have secure food supplies. President Donald Trump's motives, declared and undeclared
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, airports, and railway
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. Oil
Hormuz. “Any decision to transit the strait will be based on risk assessments and close monitoring of the security situation, with the latest developments also included in the ongoing assessments.” ## Markets Oil prices plunged after
supply would be as big as the fallout from [the 1970s oil crisis](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c78lj4976lvo), when Arab oil producers placed an embargo on the US and other countries which backed Israel during
Hormuz, and its oil revenue. The US president told Fox News that "we're not going to let Iran make money on selling oil to people that they like and not people that they
impacts thanks to its vast oil stocks, but paused exports at the start of the war to protect its domestic supplies. “I can confirm... that the Chinese government is facilitating engagement with Australian businesses
Strait of Hormuz having been blocked for the past eight weeks, however, those supplies have not been available, prompting a scramble for fuel produced elsewhere. This has pushed up prices dramatically. In late February, before
supplies goes on, the more difficult the scenario we’re in.” Brent crude, the global oil price benchmark, [fell below $100 a barrel](https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2026/may/06/oil-prices-retreat-global-stocks-hit-record-highs-trump-great-progress-iran-deal-live-updates?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69fb1e388f08d59811001e4f#block-69fb1e388f08d59811001e4f) due to fresh hopes that US efforts to reopen
impact of the Iran war on bookings and oil prices will hit its profits, having driven up fuel costs by £25m in the last month alone. It said it expected to report an increased
strait of Hormuz has already sent oil and gas prices soaring, caused a [crisis in the global fertiliser industry](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/visual-guide-gulf-fertiliser-blockade), and has made shipping and distribution more expensive. The effects have