Igor Sechin claims the Hormuz blockade aimed at Iran has backfired on the world economy and given unfair advantages to US oil producers.
Igor Sechin claims the Hormuz blockade aimed at Iran has backfired on the world economy and given unfair advantages to US oil producers. Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, April 18, 2026.
/ Reuters Rosneft Chief Executive Igor Sechin said on Saturday that US energy companies were the main beneficiaries of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and that Washington was trying to change the fundamental contours of the global energy markets to suit US interests. Iran blockaded the Strait, the main route for about a fifth of world oil supplies and other vital goods, including fertilisers, after the United States and Israel attacked Iran and killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February.
The closure of the Strait has rattled global markets, sending oil prices to multi-year highs, stoking global inflation and undermining economic growth worldwide. Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Sechin, a long-standing ally of President Vladimir Putin, also said that the OPEC+ group of leading oil producers has lost some of its potential with the withdrawal of the United Arab Emirates from the alliance.
"The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is an attempt to reshape global energy market regulations to benefit the United States. The measures taken to block the strait were aimed at Iran, but backfired on the entire world. The strategic risks were underestimated," Sechin said.
"The main beneficiaries, of course, were American companies, who gained non-competitive advantages and the ability to secure high-cost supplies," he added. He warned that following Strait of Hormuz closure, other major global routes, such as Malacca, Bad El Mandeb and Gibraltar straits could also be under the risk of disruption.
Iran says targeted US bases in Gulf, including 5th fleet headquarters in BahrainSechin, who is known for his scepticism about Russia's cooperation with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, said the OPEC+ group has lost some of its potential following the UAE departure from the alliance as well as earlier exits of Qatar and other countries.
"As a result, the alliance's production has fallen from 58 to 37 million barrels per day over the past ten years," he said. Sechin also said that most major OPEC+ members have increased production since the agreement was signed in 2016.
"This is a 15 percent decline that will need to be offset by necessary investments of at least ten trillion rubles. We expect that investment cooperation between the alliance's member countries and our country will also expand," Sechin said. Iran says targeted US bases in Gulf, including 5th fleet headquarters in BahrainMiddle East conflict fuels global hunger crisis, UN warnsTrump team refuses BBC request for financial records in $10B defamation case: ReportIsrael orders evacuations in south Lebanon as invasion expands
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