Are global oil reserves sufficient to withstand renewed US-Iran war?
With emergency stocks at multidecade lows, analysts say the world may have only a month or two if Hormuz shuts again.
Al Jazeera English reports: With emergency stocks at multidecade lows, analysts say the world may have only a month or two if Hormuz shuts again.
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