The International Energy Agency (IEA) head, Fatih Birol, has warned that the world oil market risks entering a 'red zone' by the upcoming summer season if there is no progress on ending the Middle East war. He attributed this risk to Iran's tanker traffic halt, which has caused a surge in oil prices and disrupted global oil and gas traffic.
Add CNA as a trusted source to help Google better understand and surface our content in search results.cards interface. Give it a try. LONDON: The world oil market risks entering a" red zone " by the upcoming summer season should there be no progress on ending the Middle East war, the head of the International Energy Agency warned on Thursday .
"We may be entering the red zone in July or August if we don't see that there are some improvements in the situation," Fatih Birol said at the Chatham House think-tank in London. Iran has effectively halted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for US and Israeli strikes launched in late February, choking off oil and gas traffic and sending prices soaring.
While a surplus of oil in the market before the war has helped absorb the energy shock,"stocks are eroding", Birol said. He warned that it will take"a lot of time" for production and refining capacity to return to pre-war levels. Birol previously said that commercial oil stocks are falling"very fast", even with the release of strategic reserves by governments worldwide.
The IEA has coordinated the release of 426 million barrels from emergency stocks by its 32 member countries, and said this month that around 164 million barrels have already been drawn. , weighing on the world economy.
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