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oil production did not recover to pre-war levels until a decade after the conflict while the Iraqi state continued to pay the United Nations-mandated $52.4bn in compensation to Kuwait until 2022. Similarly
supply of oil and gas normally moves. It's also a key passageway for other goods such as fertilizer, aluminum and helium. Iran closed the waterway in retaliation to U.S. and Israeli strikes
Strait of Hormuz oil shipping lane. Balochistan is also home to one of Pakistan’s major deep-sea ports at Gwadar, a crucial trade corridor for China’s $65bn investment in the [China-Pakistan Economic
supplies are feared to be running low on some trapped vessels. On Sunday, Trump announced the launch of [Project Freedom](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/project-freedom-marks-a-classic-trump-flip-from-warmonger-to-humanitarian), a presidential initiative, which would see the stranded 850 vessels pass through
Strait of Hormuz a "guillotine issue." The U.S. [set a record for LNG exports in March](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-lng-exports-break-record-high-middle-east-war-disrupts-global-supply-2026-04-01/), but the U.S. only has so much capacity for production and exports. Making LNG requires cooling
Hormuz, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil and gas transits, mostly from Middle East nations to Asia and Europe, continues to be blocked amid the US-Israel war on Iran, sending oil
supply disruption in the history” of the global market – bigger than the 1970s oil shocks – according to the International Energy Agency.  The MSC Francesca is seen during a seizure
important shipping routes. Earlier this week, Washington and its allies in the region accused Beijing of detaining and holding up Panama-linked ships – and claimed [China’s actions](/news/2026/4/29/us-latin-america-countries-criticise-chinas-retaliation-over-panama-canal) were a “blatant attempt to politicise
Strait of Hormuz. Trump has renewed a waiver allowing countries to buy sanctioned Russian oil because of spiralling costs worldwide. The more money Russia has, the longer and, in theory, harder, it can prosecute
Strait of [Hormuz](/news/2026/4/24/trumps-may-1-deadline-can-he-continue-war-on-iran-after-that), a narrow waterway once carrying roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and gas, remains effectively closed after the United States and Iran imposed competing [blockades](/news/2026/4/14/how-much-will-us-hormuz-blockade-hurt-iran-and-does-tehran-have-an-escape). Naval blockades
imports and the US-Israel war on Iran have all impacted India’s economy and energy security, and New Delhi has been trying to widen its relations with many other countries in the West