Strait of Hormuz blocked for months and Iran just mined it — ride oil stocks higher
The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway that handles roughly a fifth of the world's oil — has been effectively blocked for over three months. Iran has now mined large sections of it, and with peace talks stalled, experts expect oil supply to get even tighter.
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One of the world's most important oil shipping routes has been choked off for months, and the situation is getting worse — not better. Iran has mined the Strait of Hormuz, and a peace deal looks increasingly unlikely as fresh fighting continues. When a critical supply route stays blocked this long, oil prices tend to keep climbing, and the big integrated oil companies rack up bigger profits as a result. With the OECD warning that the conflict is also dragging on global growth, investors are likely to keep rotating into energy as a safe haven that actually benefits from the crisis. This isn't a one-day spike story — it's a sustained supply squeeze.