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import crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz has seen the government turn to “fuel
oil imports, most of which pass through the strait of Hormuz. About 20% of the natural
important shipping channel, the [strait of 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
oil it can export by the reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. In the long-term, though, the departure of an important
imports. “Our rough estimate is that if the flow of oil through the [strait of Hormuz
oil via routes unaffected by the US blockade of the strait of Hormuz,** a senior official has said. “I hereby report to the nation that visits to four countries have secured the import
imports a lot of its oil from the Gulf – where traffic through the crucial [strait of Hormuz
oil and gas, fertilizer, food, medicines and more have been severely hampered by the blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway for international trade. The impacts go beyond imports
imports more than 90% of its primary energy, including roughly 70% of crude oil through the strait of Hormuz
important to the military. China buys more than 80% of Iran’s oil, which before the US counter-blockade of the strait of Hormuz
imported](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/why-is-asia-so-reliant-middle-eastern-oil-2026-03-04/) more than 14m barrels a day of crude Middle Eastern oil in 2025. Traffic in the strait of Hormuz
Hormuz would be "completely open" to commercial vessels for the remainder of the ceasefire. But on Saturday, Iran said it was closing the strait again and that any ship that approached it would be targeted
Strait of Hormuz](/news/2026/4/28/trump-reviews-iranian-proposal-aimed-at-reopening-strait-of-hormuz), attention is shifting north. With Gulf shipping lanes disrupted and oil exports constrained, Tehran may seek to depend less on the Gulf and more on a patchwork of railways, Caspian ports
important energy artery through the Strait of Hormuz. Fatih Birol, chief executive of the International Energy Agency, has called the ongoing closure of the Strait of Hormuz "the greatest energy security crisis in history", insisting
Hormuz in the first weeks of March. Before the war, about a fifth of global oil and a third of fertilisers were shipped through the strait. Early in March the federal government [cut the minimum
Strait of Hormuz went back to normal tomorrow, prices would stay high for weeks. It takes time to restart production in the oil fields in the Middle East forced to shut down because they
importance to the UK. A lesson of soaring energy prices after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and now with the blocking of oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz
important oil corridor again and that it could not blackmail the US with such a move. ## What is happening in the strait right now? Lloyd’s List, a maritime firm, said traffic in the Straight
Strait of Hormuz to a near-total halt, causing the paralysis of the one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports that pass through the narrow waterway in peacetime. Following a first
oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz, or clear the "hazardous area" of mines. The Bank of England repeatedly made the point in its latest meeting's minutes and new numbers that the bigger picture