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supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are shipped from Gulf producers. Before the start of the war, the UAE’s production capacity had grown to 4.8 million bpd, but under its OPEC agreement
war in late February. The effective closure of the strait of Hormuz – which Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday [could soon reopen](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/06/trump-iran-hormuz-us-project-freedom-live-updates-middle-east-crisis?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-69fb1cad8f08d59811001e38#block-69fb1cad8f08d59811001e38) – has throttled global supplies of fertiliser, crucial
supply issues – particularly of oil from the Gulf region, which has largely stopped since the US and Iran blockaded the Strait of Hormuz. And, in Lebanon, which had already been suffering from an economic crisis
global events, according to Ro Khanna, a leading Democratic member of Congress. “I really believe we missed a moment to do that with the Ukraine war,” he said. “We should have been linking the clean
global price of jet fuel increased from about $99 per barrel at the end of February to as high as $209 a barrel at the beginning of April, the Associated Press news agency reported
supply disruption in the history of the global oil market. Oil prices have spiked, gas prices are climbing and inflation fears are back. But the bigger risk is ‘demand destruction’. “Demand destruction happens when high
war against Iran might boost the revenues of AML Global, an aviation fuel company owned by Christopher Harborne, who gave Farage the £5m in 2024. Farage initially supported the US-Israeli attacks on Iran
impact on economically poorer countries. Iraq is not shipping or producing oil, which is normally responsible for 85% of revenues. Bangladesh, with significant household needs for gas for cooking, is cut off from Middle East
war. That policy came alongside a co-ordinated cut to oil production. Oil prices more than doubled, there was fuel rationing, and the significant knock-on effects were compounded by a second oil shock
Iran took turns at closing and blockading the 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
Iran war weighing heavily on firms’ [confidence to make investment decisions](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/23/uk-braces-for-price-rises-driven-by-iran-war-as-economic-confidence-plummets). Moreover, the widespread price rises will further pressure the [Bank of England](https://www.theguardian.com/business/bankofenglandgovernor) to raise interest rates – its main
impacting Mexican producers and threatening a stable food supply, especially for low-income residents. Elvira Pasillas, professor at the Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESO), noted that low-income households spend nearly
Iran war shut the strait of Hormuz. The International Energy Agency has called the choking off of a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supply as the “greatest global energy security threat
Iran war will make food more expensive, according to a new poll, as businesses warned the “window is closing” for ministers to cut energy costs for UK retailers. Research by Opinium found that
oil futures prices, a global benchmark, remain more than 30% higher than they were before the war. The rapid increase in petrol prices has put pressure on the US president, Donald Trump. However, there have
global supplies of oil and liquified natural gas. "We're backing drivers by extending the freeze on fuel duty," Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons. Downing Street said the fuel duty freeze
Iran predictably responded to the onslaught from the US and Israel by closing the strait of Hormuz. That price remains well below historic highs, and because it has not surged into the stratosphere
war in Iran ends, a minister has said. The closure of the strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane that carried a fifth of global oil and gas, has sent oil prices soaring since
Iran in late February, says [Denton Cinquegrana](https://www.opis.com/blog/post-author/denton-cinquegrana/), chief oil analyst at Dow Jones Energy. “For retail prices to drop $1.50, I think we could kiss that number goodbye for 2026,” he says
supply and impacted living costs globally. [](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/12/g-s1-117045/hezbollah-commander-lebanon-israel) ### [Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis)