How much oil is actually getting through the Strait of Hormuz? | DW News

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Despite months of conflict, attacks on Gulf states and continuing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz, oil supplies remain well above worst-case forecasts. Why? We ask Atlantic Council energy expert Ben Cahill how much oil is still flowing, and why it is so difficult to have an exact answer. Chapter Breakdown 0:00 International Energy Agency Chief Fatih Birol called the Iran war crisis the “largest energy crisis in history” in May 2026 – was he wrong? 0:20 Iranian military threat to petro states in the Persian Gulf still present 0:59 Why aren’t oil prices higher? 01:12 Energy Secretary Chris Right says over 17 million barrels of oil went through the Strait of Hormuz on September 1st, 2026 01:42 Ben Cahill, Non Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center, discusses discrepancy between US gov’t claims on oil transit through the Strait and shipping tracker data 3:35 How far away are we from shipping traffic returning to normal? 4:51 Iran war has been going on f

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