The International Energy Agency said Wednesday it will release a record 400 million barrels of emergency oil reserves to stabilize global markets as the war involving Iran disrupts shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

The Paris-based International Energy Agency said it will make 400 million barrels of oil available from its members’ emergency reserves, which is more than double the 182.7 million barrels that the IEA's 32 member countries released in 2022 in response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

"This is a major action aiming to alleviate the immediate impacts of the disruption in markets,” IEA executive director Fatih Birol said. "But, to be clear, the most important thing for a return to stable flows of oil and gas is the resumption of transit through the Strait of Hormuz.”

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