Full oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz will not return before the first or second quarter of 2027, even if the Middle East conflict ended now, the head of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil firm ADNOC has said, Reuters reports.

“Even if this conflict ends tomorrow, it will take at least four months to get back to 80 per cent of pre-conflict flows, and full flows will not return before the first or even second quarter of 2027,” ADNOC CEO Sultan Al Jaber said during an Atlantic Council event.

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