Hormuz: The Year the World's Oil Chokepoint Broke.

Hormuz: The Year the World's Oil Chokepoint Broke | WORLDRIFT Twenty-one miles of water. Before 2026, about a fifth of the world's oil sailed through it every day. Then the United States and Israel went to war with Iran — and the Strait of Hormuz broke. Oil made its biggest monthly jump on record, 20,000 sailors were trapped at sea, a "dual blockade" locked the Gulf, and the world learned to go around the strait. This is how it happened, who paid, and who profited. In this video: 00:00 Twenty-one miles 00:50 01 · Why this strait matters 02:01 02 · It has happened before 02:51 03 · The closing 03:49 04 · The price shock 04:44 05 · The dual blockade 05:46 06 · The great rerouting 06:39 07 · The strait bites back 07:22 08 · Who holds the key Key facts: • ~20 million barrels a day passed through Hormuz in 2025 — about a quarter of seaborne oil trade (IEA); more than 80% of its crude went to Asia in 2024 (US EIA) • 28 Feb 2026: US–Israeli strikes on Iran (Operation Epic Fury); Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei killed (CENTCOM, AP) • Brent passed $100 on 8 March; rose ~64% in March, a record (Reuters/LSEG); touched $126 on 30 April (AP) • IEA: record 400-million-barrel emergency release, 11 March (previous record 182.7 million, 2022) • 13 April: US blockade of Iranian ports after the Islamabad talks failed (CENTCOM, AP) • IMO: ~20,000 seafarers on ~1,600 ships trapped in the Gulf • 17 June: 14-point US–Iran memorandum; attacks resumed by July • Saudi East-West pipeline at full 7 million b/d (Bloomberg); ~40% of Mideast crude bypassing Hormuz by end-September (Kpler) • 12 ships attacked in the week of 5–11 October, a record (BBC Verify, Marisks); traffic ~70% below normal on 16 Oct (UKMTO) Sources: US EIA · IEA · CENTCOM · AP · Reuters · LSEG · IMO · UKMTO · Kpler · BBC Verify · Marisks · Washington Institute · The Guardian · RFE/RL · The National · Bloomberg · New York Times analysis. Maps: Natural Earth (public domain), India point-of-view boundaries. Photos (Wikimedia Commons): • Strait of Hormuz and Musandam Peninsula (MODIS 2018-12-10) — MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC — Public domain — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • ISS-46 Gulf of Oman with Strait of Hormuz at night — NASA/Tim Kopra — Public domain — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Earnest Will convoy — PH2 Tolliver — Public domain — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Aerial view of Iranian frigate Sahand burning after air attack Operation Praying Mantis DN-SN-89-03125 — US Navy, Unknown scene camera operator — Public domain — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • Fast-attack craft approaching an internationally flagged merchant vessel — NAVCENT Public Affairs — Public domain — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • US Navy 051111-N-8163B-032 An oil tanker docked to the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) takes on crude oil in the Persian Gulf — U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Eben Boothby — Public domain — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group Transits the Strait of Hormuz (8170044) — U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Janae Chambers — Public domain — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... • A mine is exploded in the Persian Gulf, in 1991 — U.S. Navy — Public domain — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... This is a fast-moving story; figures are as reported up to late October 2026. For information only. #Hormuz #Iran #Oil #Geopolitics #StraitOfHormuz #WORLDRIFT THE EVENTS THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD.