Iran war could spark a global jet fuel crisis ahead of summer travel: Experts [View all]

The ongoing war in Iran that is choking off the global supply of oil is now threatening to cause a global jet fuel crisis just as the summer travel season gets ready to begin, international energy experts said.

The executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) sounded the alarm on Thursday when he told the Associated Press that Europe has "maybe six weeks or so [of] jet fuel left."

Fatih Birol, the IEA executive director, told the AP that airlines around the globe could be facing "the largest energy crisis we have ever faced" if the war, which has put a stranglehold on shipments of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, drags on.

The U.S. Navy has now established a blockade of Iranian ports in an attempt to stop tankers linked to Iran from transporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz -- where, in 2024, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, roughly 20% of liquid petroleum consumed worldwide passed through.

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