On Sunday, the Iranian parliament passed the decision to close the Strait of the Ormuz. This is a key sea trail, which is the only one to transport oil from the Persian Gulf to open waters. Every day about 18 million barrels of raw material flows there, which corresponds to almost 20 percent. global daily oil demand.
Adam Szłapka spoke about the possible consequences of closing the Strait of the Ormy for Poland in the “Guest of Events” program broadcast on Polsat News. A government spokesman emphasized that our country has a supply of oil for 96 days.
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– Secondly, we have very diversified oil supply directions. It is Norway, the United States, Saudi Arabia, which also has naphoports in the Red Sea. In this situation, oil does not have to flow through the Strait of Ormuz, 'said Szłapka.
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The government spokesman strongly emphasized that in Poland “there will certainly be fuel.” He also referred to the issue of a possible price increase at gas stations. He did not hide that if the price of oil on world markets increases, then “price pressure may appear”. “However, it is too early to say that there will be a very violent price jump,” he concluded.
