Total estimated cost of the Strait of Hormuz closure
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  • Oil: 36.5 billion barrels/year, 20% transits the strait.
  • Natural Gas: 500M metric tonnes/year, 20% transits the strait.
  • Brent Crude price: $70/bbl.
  • LNG price: $10/MMBtu (1 tonne LNG ≈ 52 MMBtu).
  • Monetized CO2: $190/tonne (social cost of carbon).
  • CO2 (Oil): 430 kg of CO2 produced per barrel of oil.
  • CO2 (LNG): Burning 1 metric tonne of LNG releases roughly 2.76 tonnes of CO2.
  • Urea: 190M tonnes/year, 32.5% transits the strait, $700/tonne.
  • Phosphates: 237M tonnes/year, 20% from the region, $725/tonne.
  • Sulfur: 75M tonnes/year, 45% transits the strait, $135/tonne.
Strait of Hormuz Traffic Returns to Normal
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Oil & Gas
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Yearly Oil Production Reduced
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Barrels of Oil Not Produced
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Cost of Oil Not Produced
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Yearly Natural Gas Production Reduced
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Metric Tonnes of LNG Not Produced
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Cost of LNG Not Produced
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Total Cost of Oil & Gas Not Produced
Fertilizer
Oil & Gas
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Metric Tonnes of Urea Not Produced
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Cost of Urea Not Produced
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Metric Tonnes of Phosphate Not Produced
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Cost of Phosphates (DAP) Not Produced
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Metric Tonnes of Sulfur Not Produced
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Cost of Sulfur Not Produced
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Total Cost of Fertilizer Not Produced
Environmental Impact
Fertilizer
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Monetized CO2 Impact (Oil)
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Monetized CO2 Impact (LNG)
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Total Kg of CO2 Not Produced
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Total Monetized CO2 Impact
Net Economic Impact
Environmental Impact
Net Economic Impact
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Total Cost of Oil & Gas Not Produced
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Total Cost of Fertilizer Not Produced
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Total Cost of Stranded Physical Assets
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Total Monetized CO2 Impact
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Net Economic Impact
Adjust Assumptions
Default: 36.5
Default: 20%
Default: 500
Default: 20%
Default: live from Yahoo Finance
Default: $10/MMBtu (1 tonne ≈ 52 MMBtu)
Default: $700
Default: $725
Default: $135
Default: 190
Default: 32.5%
Default: 237
Default: 20%
Default: 75
Default: 45%
Include Environmental Offset
Default: 430 kg
Default: 2.76 tonnes
Default: $190
Default: 2026-03-01