Crude Flows Through Strait of Hormuz Back to Pre-War Levels, Energy Secretary Says

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on June 18, 2026. Stringer /ReutersCrude oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have returned to levels seen before the outbreak of the Iran war, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Wednesday, pointing to a rapid recovery in one of the world’s most important maritime oil corridors as a U.S.–Iran ceasefire continues to hold.“In the last 24 hours, 72 ships and 20 million barrels of oil have transited through the Strait of Hormuz—fully restoring pre-conflict flows,” Wright wrote in a June 24 post on social media.