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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: albaby1 SILVER
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Subject: Re: 25M+ barrels of oil went out yesterday.
Date: 08/26/26 9:37 PM
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Short-term? Why do you think that?

Because the current restriction of output in the Strait from ~21 mbpd to about ~7 mbpd - and active threat of military action to disrupt other oil supply routes like the Gulf of Aden - is not going to persist indefinitely.

Iran will have greater control over the strait going forward than they did before the war, and they will undoubtedly exploit that to their advantage. And there may be some ongoing risk premium attached to oil resulting from the possibility of them shutting the strait for some reason or another in the future. However, such measures are unlikely to permanently result in the type of oil price increases we are currently experiencing. There has always been instability in the region and the risk of interruption of oil flows - but that means that the price spikes when the bombs start dropping and recedes when the fighting stops. It's not permanently priced at the "bombs are falling right now" level.
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