What Hormuz Whiplash Means For Markets

The world is fighting a two-front energy war. One front runs through the Strait of Hormuz, where Iran and the United States are locked in a standoff. My old acquaintance, International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol, called this the worst energy shock in history, more severe than the 1970s oil crisis and the Ukraine war combined. The second front runs through the heart of Europe, where Ukrainian drones are systematically dismantling Russia’s oil export infrastructure while Moscow, stung and furious, ispunishing its neighbor and ally, Kazakhstan, and its former energy customer, Germany, for it.

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