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Iran choking off oil shipments, disruption to last months — buy big energy stocks

Iran has halted talks with the U.S. and is threatening to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's busiest oil shipping lanes. Industry experts now expect the resulting supply squeeze to drag on through the end of the year.

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The Strait of Hormuz handles roughly a fifth of global oil shipments, so any prolonged blockage squeezes supply and pushes prices up. Analysts are now telling OPEC+ the disruption will linger through year-end even if the waterway reopens soon. That's not a short-term blip — it's a multi-month tailwind for oil prices. Big U.S. energy producers like ExxonMobil and Chevron cash in directly when crude stays elevated, and the energy sector ETF (XLE) tends to ride these waves higher over weeks, not just days.

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