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Turkish Straits closed

Closure scenarios

2.1 million barrels a day have no way out; 299 thousand still get through, but about 0 days later.

Kazakhstan reroutes 299 thousand barrels a day across the Caspian and the BTC pipeline to Ceyhan – the port of Aktau and Caspian tankers cap this at about 300 thousand.

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No way out

2.1 million

Goes the long way round

299 thousand

extra days at sea

+0

Who is hit?

Countrycut offdelayedthousand b/d
India14%647
Turkey99%600
Germany13% (+0 d)213
Italy16%176
Netherlands15%149
Greece27%131
France12%108
Austria56% (+0 d)86
Bulgaria53%70
Belgium10%60
Spain4%53
Romania28%48
Czechia15%20
Serbia31%17
Croatia25%9

Exporters

How this is computed

Every trade route through this strait is re-routed on the MARNET shipping network with the strait removed. Where no sea route exists, the oil is stranded. Extra days assume 12 knots. Land bypasses (Saudi East-West pipeline to Yanbu; the Caspian–BTC route for Kazakh crude) are included up to their capacity. Prices, stocks and market reactions are not modelled.

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