Rikicin da ke gudana tsakanin Iran da ƙawayen United States da Israel na barazanar haifar da dogon tasiri ga kasuwannin makamashi na duniya, yayin da farashin man fetur ke ci gaba da tashi.
Masana tattalin arziki sun ce tashin hankali a yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya ya riga ya janyo karuwar farashin mai sosai, inda farashin Brent crude ya haura kusan dala 90 a kowace ganga, tare da samun mafi girman tashinsa cikin mako guda tun bayan ɓarkewar annobar COVID-19.
Babban abin da ke tayar da hankali shi ne yiwuwar katse zirga-zirgar jiragen ruwa a Strait of Hormuz, wata muhimmiyar mashigar ruwa da kusan kashi 20% na man fetur da gas na duniya ke wucewa ta cikinta. Duk wani cikas a wannan hanya na iya rage samar da makamashi a duniya sosai.
Rahotanni sun kuma nuna cewa rikicin ya riga ya haddasa dakatar da wani ɓangare na samar da man fetur da gas na duniya, yayin da wasu jiragen ruwa ke kauce wa yankin saboda tsaro. Wannan na iya sa farashin mai ya ci gaba da tashi idan yaƙin ya daɗe.
Masana sun yi gargadin cewa idan rikicin ya ci gaba na dogon lokaci, farashin mai na iya haura dala 100 ko ma 150 a ganga, wanda hakan zai iya jawo hauhawar farashi, matsin tattalin arziki, da ƙarin kuɗin makamashi ga ƙasashe da masu amfani da mai a duniya.