{"id":188892,"date":"2026-07-03T11:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/188892\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T11:56:08","slug":"states-scramble-to-build-energy-reserves-after-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/188892\/","title":{"rendered":"States scramble to build energy reserves after Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Falling oil prices and the easing of a commodities crunch have pushed countries \u2014 wary of being left exposed by another global crisis akin to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 to shore up their stockpiles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">India, which relies on the Gulf for the vast majority of its oil imports, is moving to build larger crude inventories, expand storage capacity, and negotiate new supply partnerships in a bid to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-07-02\/india-plans-to-expand-oil-reserves-to-guard-against-price-spikes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:boost energy security;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;boost energy security&quot;}\" class=\"link \">boost energy security<\/a>. Europe too is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2026-06-05\/europe-is-stockpiling-enough-gas-to-avoid-another-energy-crisis\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:seeking to increase reserves;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;seeking to increase reserves&quot;}\" class=\"link \">seeking to increase reserves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, analysts have called for China to expand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastisread.com\/p\/chinas-hormuz-lessons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:its strategic stockpile beyond oil;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;its strategic stockpile beyond oil&quot;}\" class=\"link \">its strategic stockpile beyond oil<\/a> and into natural gas, critical minerals, and key components. \u201cAs the Hormuz shock subsides, the lesson for importers is clear: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/commentary\/reuters-open-interest\/iran-war-triggers-global-race-build-oil-reserves-2026-06-22\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:\u2018impossible\u2019 disruptions can happen,;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;\u2018impossible\u2019 disruptions can happen,&quot;}\" class=\"link \">\u2018impossible\u2019 disruptions can happen,<\/a>\u201d a Reuters columnist wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/author\/jeronimo-gonzalez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Jeronimo Gonzalez;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Jeronimo Gonzalez&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Jeronimo Gonzalez<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Falling oil prices and the easing of a commodities crunch have pushed countries \u2014 wary of being left&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[10105,102,2608,261,101],"class_list":["post-188892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-strait-of-hormuz","tag-global-crisis","tag-hormuz","tag-oil-imports","tag-oil-prices","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116855923664456819","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}