How does a strike reach buyers of Gulf energy?
“The closure is the transmission; a strike is an input to it.”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran Affected Qatar
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Scenario Brief · S 001 · 1 questionIran, the Strait of Hormuz, and a renewed strike
Country Outlook · C 002 · 4 questionsIs any single future for Iran likely?
How did the 2026 war change Iran's neighbourhood?
“No year since 1979 reordered the Gulf and the Levant as fast as 2026, and it did so mainly by taking things away from Iran.”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran Affected Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey
Where does exposure to Iran sit?
“The largest Iran exposure most firms carry sits outside Iran: the strait, the oil price, the compliance chain, Gulf assets.”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran Affected Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Iraq
Countries in this questionIslamic Republic of IranSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesOmanQatarKuwaitBahrainIraq
Does the Strait of Hormuz stay open to normal commercial traffic?
“Crude through Hormuz reached a seven-day average of 13.5 mb/d to 28 Sep 2026, matching the pre-war baseline, under US military escorts and ship-to-ship transfers (Kpler, via CNBC, 30 Sep 2026).”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran Affected Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain
Countries in this questionIslamic Republic of IranSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesOmanQatarKuwaitBahrain
Does Gulf infrastructure stay inside the war's range?
“Airports, fuel tanks and at least one desalination plant were struck, the source recorded; the Saudi East-West pipeline was shut in September 2026 after a drone strike launched from Iraq (CNBC, 30 Sep 2026).”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran Affected Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates
Countries in this questionIslamic Republic of IranSaudi ArabiaIraqBahrainKuwaitQatarUnited Arab Emirates
Theme Brief · T 003 · 5 questionsWas the Strait of Hormuz closed, or repriced cargo by cargo?
Was the Strait of Hormuz closed, or repriced cargo by cargo?
“Repriced cargo by cargo: by mid-2026 LNG kept under a tenth and crude under a quarter of their late-2025 flow through the Strait, and by 28 September crude, on Kpler's pre-war baseline, was back; products were not.”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran, Oman Affected Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea
How much did each cargo through the Strait of Hormuz fall in 2026?
“Crude kept 23.3 per cent of its late-2025 flow, products 19.3 per cent and LNG 7.6 per cent.”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran, Oman Affected Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain
Countries in this questionIslamic Republic of IranOmanSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesIraqKuwaitQatarBahrain
Which Gulf exporters have a way to ship oil around the Strait of Hormuz?
“Only Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have operating pipelines around the Strait, on EIA's record: the 5-million-barrel-a-day East-West line to the Red Sea and a 1.5-million line to Fujairah on the Gulf of Oman.”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran, Oman Affected Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain
Countries in this questionIslamic Republic of IranOmanSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesIraqKuwaitQatarBahrain
How much warning came before the cost of a Hormuz transit changed?
“The longest formal notice found in the record read here is the UK P&I Club's 72 hours, and it ran from midnight GMT on 28 February 2026, the day the US and Israeli attacks on Iran began.”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran, Oman Affected Bahrain, Djibouti, Kuwait, Qatar
Does reopening the Strait restore Qatar's LNG exports?
“Reopening the water restores none of this; a recovery read only as a transit problem would be waiting for something that is not in transit.”
The brief’s reading of the evidence; not a registered forecast.Primary Islamic Republic of Iran, Oman Affected Qatar
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