Strategic stocks released as Gulf production is shut in — Key Events — Iran–Gulf

What happened

A United States Strategic Petroleum Reserve release is announced on 11 March, alongside a collective release of strategic stocks by the International Energy Agency. Production shut-ins attributed to the strait closure are estimated at 7.53 million barrels a day in March.

The first material consumer-side response, and the point at which the disruption stopped being a regional event. The shut-in figure is one month of a dated series that later rose above eleven million barrels a day; the module publishes the series, never a single standing number.

Confidence: High

WhenMar 2026

KindEnergy · Market reaction

Confidence: High Sources: IEA electricity and energy-security analysis Methodology Corrections

See this event in the timeline Interactive: select this record and follow what connects to it.

Connected records

1 record that this event names, or that name it — every one an explicit reference in a published record, nothing inferred from subject matter.

Part of1

Campaigns whose record places this event inside them.

The 2026 warOpening and closure

Where this fits

This is one entry in the Iran–Gulf timeline. The full Key Events surface carries every dated turning point with its filters and its essential subset, and this event in place shows what came before and after it. How Vigil grades, dates and sources its claims is set out in the methodology.