{"id":61319,"date":"2026-05-29T09:13:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61319"},"modified":"2026-05-29T09:13:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T08:13:20","slug":"former-german-oil-giant-ceo-warns-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-to-have-long-lasting-global-supply-chain-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=61319","title":{"rendered":"Former German Oil Giant CEO Warns: Strait of Hormuz Crisis to Have Long-Lasting Global Supply Chain Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rainer Seele, former CEO of German oil and gas company Wintershall, told dzwatch that global supply chains will need months to recover even if the Strait of Hormuz is reopened.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Supply chain recovery does not happen overnight \u2014 it will take months,&#8221; Seele stated exclusively.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and Iran are currently negotiating the reopening of the strategic waterway, through which approximately one-fifth of the world&#8217;s oil and LNG supplies passed before the conflict. The closure has triggered a sharp surge in global energy prices.<\/p>\n<p>Seele, who oversees global chemicals operations at Abu Dhabi&#8217;s XRG and chairs German chemicals firm Covestro, warned that oil shipments will take considerable time to normalize even after reopening.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Strategic reserves in many countries must be replenished first \u2014 the backlog is enormous,&#8221; he told dzwatch, adding that raw material availability is likely to remain constrained through late 2025.<\/p>\n<p>However, Seele noted that energy prices could drop quickly once a resolution is reached, as much of the current spike reflects elevated geopolitical risk premiums. He projected crude oil prices returning to approximately $80 per barrel \u2014 their pre-war level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rainer Seele, former CEO of German oil and gas company Wintershall, told dzwatch that global supply chains will need months to recover even if the Strait of Hormuz is reopened. &#8220;Supply chain recovery does not happen overnight \u2014 it will take months,&#8221; Seele stated exclusively. The United States and Iran are currently negotiating the reopening &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economie-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}