Ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, particularly involving Iran, are fundamentally restructuring global oil trade routes and market dynamics. Escalating conflict and threats to vital maritime chokepoints, such as the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea, have forced energy markets to adapt by rerouting shipments and seeking alternative suppliers. These disruptions are accelerating a realignment of global oil flows, strengthening the market position of Western hemisphere producers and driving major importing nations to diversify their supply chains to mitigate geopolitical risks and price volatility.
- Maritime security threats in the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz have forced shipping companies to reroute tankers, significantly increasing transit times and shipping costs.
- Strict sanctions on Iranian crude have expanded the use of unregulated “shadow fleets” to transport oil to buyers, primarily in China.
- Global buyers are increasingly sourcing oil from non-Middle Eastern producers, leading to elevated export levels from the United States, Brazil, and Guyana.
- Geopolitical risk premiums have caused fluctuations in global crude benchmarks, reflecting ongoing concerns over potential retaliatory strikes on energy infrastructure.
- OPEC+ spare capacity, mainly concentrated in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, remains a key stabilizing factor against major supply disruptions.
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America can only hit Iran's infrastructure, but Iran can do many other things and can make the situation much worse!!!
Iran has to make this war so painful that US becomes traumatized and is forced to ditch Israel to save itself.
Our household on the Canadian prairies has eliminated oil and fossil gas. We heat, cool and power our transport with electricity by installing super high insulation throughout our new house. Asparagus, rhubarb, sunchokes, raspberries, artichokes, potatoes and fruit trees surround our Model Y in the back yard 🇨🇦. When -33C in Jan 2026 our few wind farms powered 20% of the grid. This winter will be more.
1:40 So, how was the biggest energy crisis in a generation so easily swallowed?
it wasn't. The crisis is still ongoing, and strategic reserves are going to run dry in the next couple months and THAT is when the real crisis will start
Nobody in China is buying gas cars anymore. Meanwhile we’re still using technology from a century ago
one word: Israel
all this because of israel
They say the market has been resilent, but really a large part of that is China back like 50% from the import market. If the USA and Israel keep this war going eventually they are going to run out of oil reserves and globally we are going to be a world of hurt.
The actual price of a physical barrel is 3 times that of the paper ! — the worst is yet to come.
The power grid for everyone's plug in will crash the united states
Oil shortages will impact social behavior through the supply chain as prices for all products increase. People are already struggling with layoffs, debt, inflation, medical care, taxes, and foreclosures. Our buy-in to a social contract promotes lawful and civil behavior. Worth considering are the struggling masses who are not economically prepared and being left behind. A book called Dealing with Burglary and Home Invasion Robbery may help in lowering your odds of becoming a victim of desperate people behaving badly.
If the US is there. It's probably safer than it's was. And I guarantee the US is capable of knowing where they put mines. And preventing precious cargo from being lost
So basically China saved the world from Trump's shitshow by reducing their purchasing of oil by an entire Japans worth. If China had continued purchasing at their pre war levels, oil would've hit $200. China's goal is to quit their dependence on oil, and unlike EVERY OTHER country, China actually commits and executes on their goals.
America is just getting what it deserves for voting for a toddler.
This is so premature. The war is not over and Bloomberg is already making conclusions lol.
If the war gets worse, Iran could just bomb those pipelines
But this video didn't really tell how we "swallowed" the energy crisis. Also Gas is almost $1 more on avg than it was a year ago before all this started. That doesn't feel like we "swallowed" this crisis without making a ripple. That feels like everything is going to continue to be, and get more, expensive
Chapters:
00:00 – The impact of the Iran war on the Strait of Hormuz
01:59 – The strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz
03:48 – Factors preventing a global oil crisis
05:15 – How pipelines and alternative routes mitigated supply shocks
06:18 – China's role in reducing global oil demand
08:31 – The future of energy, renewables, and natural gas
10:42 – Reflecting on the resilience of global oil markets
This bypass claim is a joke. Why? Cause there is something called GEOGRAPHY.
You need to understand who the buyers and sellers of energy are.
For Europe, Red Sea makes sense. But for Asia (the world's largest energy consumer), Hormuz is the most important for energy coming from Middle East.
Going through the Red Sea adds thousands of kilometres to the voyage, which defeats the whole point of maritime corridors and why international shipping agreements exist in the first place.
Example, China is the single largest buyer of energy and Middle East is the main supplier. Hormuz servers China more than Red Sea which adds more to the cost of shipment.
Secondly, only THREE countries own almost 60% of the entire global gas: Russia, Iran and Qatar.
Do you really think the world would abandon 60% of gas suppliers?😂😂😂
Seriously….? You guys seriously did the "topic name is latin for XYZ"? Really?
That's so… patronizing
The crisis will hit, the bomb's been dropped but hasn't landed; China and the US controlled supply and demand, drained reserves, and delayed this disaster…
Spinning it as though China does anyone a favor who isn't China is a giant lie. Have we benefitted? Sure. Did China intend that? You can sit down now.
Can fertilisers be rewired? Food prices are still going up.
When the missiles fly, how long will the bypass be passable? 20 minutes? 10 minutes?
This thing isn't over yet and reserves are getting lower. We may yet see those prices, since alternative routes for Hormuz oil take some time to build and those are within reach of iranian drones.
And making a tolbooth for the hormuz strait is against international treaties, although Iran never signed that one. Make a tolbooth for Hormuz and other places like the Malakka strait may be next. International trade depends on freedom of navigation on the oceans. This would end that, with changing weather patterns that may also hinder transportation of food to areas where the harvest failed for one.
I think they spoke too soon about oil. Definitely its a lesson for the entire world that you can’t indefinitely depend on oil and needs diversification. Nuclear power, solar, everything else needs to start ramping up. The world economy can’t be held hostage by one commodity. Energy innovation and Diversification should be the lesson that needs to be learned.
The worst hasn't happened yet because countries are draining their strategic reserves like there's no tomorrow. We're consuming more oil than we're producing every single day, and once the stockpile is sapped, demand destruction will ensue.
Just Stop Oil
I have been saying this for awhile; it feels like there is more to the story than what gets reported. More Russian oil getting to market than people think? Are Western Hemisphere producers picking up the slack? Is the SOH less important than people thought? Something does not add up.
Propaganda. Yep. The war's back on. 😓
Bloomberg just showed the oil solution so far are just BandAid.. The war and oil problems could escalate even more !!!
– What is the cost to China and others in slowing oil consumption?
– What happened when those oil reserves are depleted?
– What happened if Iran decide to escalate; target those oil pipeline & actual energy infrastuctures?
This video does not make any sense!
Your talking like this is something that happened 10 years ago. You realize this is an ongoing situation?
Solar absolutely competes with oil, what an ignorant take
I hope my next vehicle is a plug-in hybrid. The last petrol i had I was spending so much on gas due to this.
It's the people who drove that felt it the most. I need the option to plug it in and fill it up now.
Why is Bloomberg playing ads in the middle of the videos ? I love Bloomberg but I don't like these ads in the middle of the video.
The woman is upseaking badly.
why do bloomberg's videos not answer their own title?
This is not the only one
Sounds like they just wanted to slow down Asia. I hope they bounce back better than ever. Wake up.
The spike in solar panel exports from China in 2026 was driven primarily by the removal of the VAT rebate which was eliminated on 1st April. It would take much longer for an increase in oil prices to have an impact on solar panel demand.
Think about if we had Kamala as president instead of Trump. More investment in green energy, less demand for oil, and wouldn’t have started a war with Iran. MAGA must be feeling really dumb (with a “b”)
please don't waste your time watching this.
The big assumption this video makes is that the war is over. The Strategic Petroleum Reserves which prevented a market collapse are nearly empty. China cannot indefinitely continue demand destruction. If war breaks out again, Iran will almost certainly destroy the bypass pipelines in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. Then we will feel the full effect of the oil shortage and this video will not age well.
America underestimated China and is regretting it right now 😂 Americanand NATO underestimated Russia and are regretting it now 😀 America underestimated Iran and is has already regretted it 😂
Wait till Iran has the Houthi in Yemen shut their strait down. You will see the price fly up then. If Iran start attacking desalination plants in retaliation to America striking Bridges and civilian infrastructure… The prices will go up. no win in this and the lever is not even begun to be pulled by Iran. That pipeline crossing Saudi Arabia can be turned off at anytime Iran wants to, but they do not want to get the Saudi aggression unless they have to. This is a no win for everyone
This is the TRUMP WAR.