There is a chart going around, and I can't figure out where it comes from. But I saw it via the Polycrisis people, who are generally trustworthy, so...
I'm going to type it out so I don't have to just type it out as alt text:
Event/Conflict, Year, Volume of oil lost in MBPD (millions of barrels per day)
Hormuz Blockade (current) 2026 ~ 20.0
Iranian Revolution 1978 5.6
Yom Kippur War (embargo) 1973 4.4
Iraq-Kuwait War 1990 4.3
Iran-Iraq War 1980 4.0
Russia-Ukraine Invasion 2022 1.0 - 3.0
Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝
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2026-03-10 23:09:23 UTC
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