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The International Energy Agency is consulting with governments in Asia and Europe on the release of more stockpiled oil "if necessary" due to the Iran war, said its executive director Fatih Birol on March 23.

IEA member nations agreed on March 11 to release a record 400 million barrels of oil from strategic stockpiles to combat the spike in global crude prices. The drawdown represented 20% of overall stocks.

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00:19We were looking forward by now to having started the commercial terms of the agreement,
00:25but unfortunately with the war everything's been put on hold.
00:28So even with Qatar, it's a customer we've had for a long time, that business has grown
00:35and the order that we have for them currently on the floor is the biggest they've placed to date,
00:40but it is sitting here.
00:42When you start seeing equipment getting stuck in different countries
00:45and the flow not going as frequent as what it should be, you start seeing massive increases.
00:52To give you a comparison, the ocean freights hit up to $8,000 on import boxes.
01:00Now if these trends continue, we're going to start seeing similar ripple effects.
01:05We've seen an immediate increase in pricing in the ocean freight rates.
01:10Anything between $100 to $250, lots of surcharges being added, war risks and so forth.
01:18So yes, it has impacted our economy, not just South Africa, but the industry within logistics tremendously.
01:30Actually, it's a month and so on theě a little.
01:31Also aktuell trifft uns das Thema Frachten und Transportkosten sehr.
01:35Aber auch Rohstoffe, die wir aus Asien importieren, weil die Herstellung energieintensiv ist,
01:41die haben damit auch Probleme.
01:42Also wir haben deutliche Kostensteigerungen bei vereinzelten Rohstoffen,
01:45die wir leider auch noch in großen Mengen brauchen.
01:48It's difficult, because it comes from 0 to 100 with price increases, transport increases,
01:55there are no containers available to get from Asien.
01:58The perspective is much cheaper.
02:00So it's almost over night.
02:18The entire region will fall into the situation.
02:23The power of the war will only cause恶性循環.
02:26The U.S. government will call the U.S. government to stop the war,
02:31and return to the discussion and debate.
02:35Don't let the war not to start the war again.
02:39We will continue to communicate with each other.
02:42to keep the communication,
02:44and to help promote the climate change.
03:12in the markets, both crude oil and the products,
03:16if it is needed.
03:17So therefore, again, our stock release
03:22will help to comfort the markets,
03:24but this is not the solution.
03:27It will only help to reduce the pain on the economy.
03:30We will see, we will look at the markets.
03:33If it is necessary, of course, we will do it.
03:36But we will look at the conditions,
03:37we will analyze, assess the markets,
03:39and discuss with our member countries.
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