Traffic through the Strait reached roughly 32-42% of pre-war normal by early July; Morgan Stanley cut oil forecasts twice in two weeks, citing a supply overhang as Middle Eastern crude floods back into a market weakened by Chinese demand softness
A day after Oman and the IMO opened a fee-free transit route, Iran's Guards call it 'unacceptable' and demand mandatory coordination on Channel 16
Three fuel tanks ablaze near occupied Crimea as Kyiv presses its campaign on Russia's refining and logistics, deepening a domestic diesel crunch
Crude had fallen 40% from its wartime peak by June 25, then a projectile hit an Evergreen container ship in Hormuz and war-risk premiums snapped back
Iran routes roughly 1.5 million barrels of crude per day through a shadow fleet and front-company network to circumvent US and EU sanctions that have been in place since the 1990s.
Russia's network of roughly 600 aging tankers that moves sanctioned crude oil outside G7 oversight, funding the war in Ukraine.
The narrow channel between Iran and Oman's Musandam Peninsula is the world's single most critical oil shipping chokepoint, carrying roughly 20 million barrels per day, and its security status in 2026 became the defining variable in global energy markets.
Shared by Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia, the Strait of Malacca carries 23 million barrels of oil daily, more than any other chokepoint, linking Middle Eastern suppliers to Asian markets.
Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves but produces a fraction of its peak output, making its recovery the most consequential upstream story in the Western Hemisphere.
With Hormuz restricted and the Red Sea still avoided, carriers reroute via the Cape, lifting spot rates 29-129% on key lanes
General License X resumes Iranian crude exports with banking, insurance and shipping cover after the Hormuz reopening
Brent peaked near $118 in March; post-ceasefire normalisation has it at $75.57 by June 24, but a 500-vessel queue and the Qatar LNG explosion keep markets unsettled
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Treasury names front companies relabelling Iranian LPG as Omani to move millions of barrels to South and East Asia
Royal Marines seize the 'Smyrtos' in the Channel days before a sanctions package hitting ships, insurers and procurement networks
The deposit rate goes to 2.25% as war-driven oil prices push 2026 inflation projections to 3.0% amid stalling growth
Ship-to-ship transfers and AIS-spoofing tankers keep breaching the petroleum cap a vetoed UN body once policed
The French navy boards the 'Tagor' in the Atlantic as Paris, London and partners shift from blacklisting ships to taking them
Washington has taken at least seven Venezuela-linked tankers while issuing fresh general licences for a transition government