Strait of Hormuz blocked for months, oil supply keeps tightening — ride the rally in Exxon and Chevron
The Strait of Hormuz — the narrow waterway that roughly one-fifth of the world's oil passes through — has been effectively blocked for over three months. Iran has now mined large sections of it, and peace talks are going nowhere, which means oil supply will keep shrinking.
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The Strait of Hormuz has been blocked for over three months, and Iran just mined large sections of it — that's not getting cleared up quickly. Oil prices are already whipsawing higher as peace-deal hopes fade, and an energy expert is warning that a prolonged conflict will keep squeezing supply. The biggest Western oil companies like Exxon and Chevron stand to benefit directly because higher oil prices flow straight to their bottom line. When a geopolitical chokepoint like this drags on, the rally in major oil stocks tends to have legs — not just a one-day pop.