CONFLICTLIVE

STRAIT OF HORMUZ

The world's most important oil chokepoint — tracked live

LIVE
-- ships in view
SHIPS ON MAP
Oil Tankers --
Cargo Ships --
Military / Navy --
Gas Carriers (LNG) --
Other --
STRAIT OVERLAY
Shipping corridor
Narrowest point (~33 km)
Each triangle is a ship. Click for details. Military shown only when transponders active.
DATA SOURCES
● Ship positions: AISStream.io (live AIS)
● Oil flow data: U.S. EIA
● Consumption: IEA Oil Market Report
● Reserves: U.S. DOE SPR
● Map tiles: OpenStreetMap + CARTO
WHY THIS MATTERS

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow water passage between Iran and Oman. About 1 in 5 barrels of oil used worldwide passes through here every day. If it gets blocked, oil prices skyrocket and countries start running out of fuel reserves.

WHAT IF THE STRAIT IS...

Choose a scenario to see the impact

IMPACT ON THE WORLD
BY THE NUMBERS
Oil stopped from reaching the world
20.5M barrels per day
That's enough to fuel all of Europe for a day
Gas prices would jump
+180% overnight
$3 gas becomes ~$8.40. Diesel, jet fuel, plastics all follow.
Emergency oil reserves last
252 days
Then the world's backup oil supply runs dry
Share of world's oil cut off
13.6% of global supply
Bypass pipelines have ~4.5M bbl/day spare capacity
HOW FAST DO BACKUP RESERVES RUN OUT?

Countries stockpile emergency oil. Each line shows one country's supply draining over time.

WHAT HAPPENS AND WHEN

A day-by-day breakdown if this scenario plays out

DID YOU KNOW?
🌍 Every 5th barrel of oil consumed worldwide travels through this tiny 33km-wide gap between Iran and Oman.
⛽ About 20 million barrels pass through daily — that fills roughly 1.2 million tanker trucks, enough to stretch from New York to Los Angeles and back.
🛢 Ships travel in two lanes, each just 3.2km (2 miles) wide, with a 3.2km buffer zone. Think of it as a two-lane highway — for supertankers.
💨 It's not just oil — about 20% of the world's natural gas (LNG) also passes through Hormuz, powering heating and electricity across Asia.
🏗 Saudi Arabia and UAE built bypass pipelines with up to ~8.5M barrels/day capacity — but much of that is already in use, leaving only 3.5-5.5M spare to reroute.

Prediction model built on public data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Agency (IEA), and U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE). Reserve figures verified as of late 2025. Projections use simplified assumptions — real outcomes depend on military response, diplomacy, and global coordination. This is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment, financial, or trading advice. Do not make financial decisions based on these projections. Ship positions are simulated until a live AIS feed is connected.