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Europe oil shortages create Wile E. Coyote moment

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🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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The Iran conflict is showing no signs of ending with the price of crude teetering above $100 a barrel. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss how the fallout from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz will be felt acutely in Europe when the crunch arrives. Breakingviews: Oil market’s demand crunch is about to go global Breakingviews: Airline fuel cloud lacks 2022-style silver lining Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt-out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.2

It's been 57 days since the Strait of Ormuse, through which a fifth of the world's oil

0:42.5

and gas shipments typically flow was effectively closed to regular traffic.

0:47.8

As we record on Tuesday, April 28th, a tenuous ceasefire ostensibly holds in place, even as negotiations to conclude a peace

0:57.0

between the United States and Iran seems to be going nowhere. With explosive mines now in

1:03.0

place in the waterway, a U.S. blockade sitting on the other side and infrastructure across the

1:08.0

region ravaged, the rest of the world can only wait for the inevitable.

1:13.0

That is, the emergence of cripplingly painful energy shortages. What they might look like

1:19.5

is the subject of this week's viewsroom. It's Amy. And it's Jonathan, and this is the

1:26.6

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1:28.6

topics in economics and finance.

1:30.7

And Amy, this seems like it's about to be the biggest issue just about everywhere and soon.

1:36.7

The oil market has hung in this odd form of suspension ever since the United States and

1:40.9

Israel attacked Iran, with Brent crude gyrating around about the $100 per barrel mark, sometimes higher, sometimes lower.

1:47.6

And while that's high compared to recent history, and you go back a decade or so, and this was pretty much like deregour.

1:53.4

Like, shockingly, despite the, what looks on paper to be a colossal loss to global energy supplies, prices just really have not moved

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