The Hormuz bottleneck
Iraq
24 miles at its
narrowest point
Kuwait
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
UAE
Habshan–Fujairah
pipeline
Only Saudi Arabia and
the UAE can bypass the
Strait, shifting crude
exports through their
crude oil pipelines
East–West
pipeline
Oman
100 mi
Before the conflict:
138 vessels
a day
Ship
Now:
Around 8 a
day
20million barrels of oil passed
through a day in 2025, around
£447billion of energy trade a
Money
20million barrels of oil pass
through a day, roughly a fifth/
20 per cent of the world’s
Oil
1.93milllion barrels a day (about 20
per cent of liquefied natural gas
(LNG) usually travels through a
Gas
Iraq
24 miles at its
narrowest point
Kuwait
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
UAE
Habshan–Fujairah
pipeline
Only Saudi Arabia and
the UAE can bypass the
Strait, shifting crude
exports through their
crude oil pipelines
East–West
pipeline
Oman
100 mi
Before the conflict:
138 vessels a day
Ship
Now:
Around 8 a day
20million barrels of oil passed
through a day in 2025, around
£447billion of energy trade a
Money
20million barrels of oil pass
through a day, roughly a fifth/
20 per cent of the world’s
Oil
1.93milllion barrels a day (about 20
per cent of liquefied natural gas
(LNG) usually travels through a
Gas
Iraq
24 miles at its
narrowest point
Kuwait
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Qatar
Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
UAE
Habshan–Fujairah
pipeline
Only Saudi Arabia and
the UAE can bypass the
Strait, shifting crude
exports through their
crude oil pipelines
East–West
pipeline
Oman
100 mi
Before the conflict:
138 vessels a day
Ship
Now:
Around 8 a day
20million barrels of oil passed through a day
in 2025, around £447billion of energy trade
a year
Money
20million barrels of oil pass through a day,
roughly a fifth/20 per cent of the
world’s supply
Oil
1.93milllion barrels a day (about 20 per cent of
liquefied natural gas (LNG) usually travels
through a day)
Gas