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1973 oil crisis
1973 petroleum shortage

2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched an air war against Iran and assassinated its supreme leader Ali Khamenei. In retaliation, Iran launched missile and drone attacks on Israel, US military bases, and US-allied Gulf states. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) issued warnings forbidding passage through the strait, has boarded and attacked merchant ships, and has laid sea mines in the strait. Since 13 April, the US has blockaded Iranian ports, leading to a "dual blockade" of the strait. Until the US–Israeli war against Iran, the Strait of Hormuz was open and about 25% of the world's seaborne oil trade and 20% of the world's liquefied natural gas (LNG) passed through it.
2020 Russia–Saudi Arabia oil price war
2020 oil price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia
1979 energy crisis
1979 petroleum shortage
Abadan Crisis
occurred from 1951 to 1954
1980s oil glut
massive oversupply of crude oil in the 1980s
Oil crisis
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2015 Nepal Fuel Crisis
Blockade in Madhesh Region of Nepal

2021 United Kingdom fuel panic buying
panic buying of fuel
1990 oil price shock
in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait
2010s oil glut
serious surplus of crude oil that started in 2014–2015 and accelerated in 2016