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How much oil passes through each chokepoint?

Before the 2026 crisis, the Strait of Malacca carried the most oil, about 23.2 million barrels a day, followed by the Strait of Hormuz at 19.9 mb/d. Each is roughly a fifth of world oil demand (104 mb/d). Much of the oil through Hormuz then passes Malacca too.

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Strait of Malacca		23.2 mb/d ~25% of LNG trade
Strait of Hormuz		19.9 mb/d ~20% of LNG trade
Suez Canal		4.9 mb/d ~8% of LNG trade
Bab el-Mandeb		4.2 mb/d
Turkish Straits (Bosphorus & Dardanelles)		3.7 mb/d
Panama Canal		2.3 mb/d ~4% of LNG trade

Illustrative model. Hormuz uses IEA 2025 figures (Kpler ship-tracking); other chokepoints use 1H 2025 tanker-tracking flows (Vortexa data, published by EIA). Flows passing more than one chokepoint are counted at each, so combined totals are an upper bound. LNG shares are of global LNG trade.

Sources: EIA — World Oil Transit Chokepoints (1H 2025 flows) · EIA — World Oil Transit Chokepoints · IEA — Strait of Hormuz Factsheet (Feb 2026, based on Kpler) · EIA — Red Sea chokepoints · EIA — Red Sea disruptions increase oil flows around Cape of Good Hope · EIA — Drought at the Panama Canal delays energy shipments · EIA — Panama Canal traffic to increase as drought conditions ease · EIA — Today in Energy: Strait of Hormuz

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