Shell Boss Warns Europe Is Next After Asia Suffers Fuel Squeeze

Shell CEO Wael Sawan speaks at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston on March 24.

Photographer: F. Carter Smith/Bloomberg

Shell Plc Chief Executive Officer Wael Sawan said that Europe will soon begin to experience the same kind of disruption to fuel supplies that Asia has faced due to the war in Iran in recent weeks.

Sawan said the effects of the conflict continue to ripple out across global fuel markets, first in South Asia, then Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia, and increasingly in Europe as April approaches.