# 10 ways to ease oil price pressures on consumers

An episode of [Everything Energy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1512991587), 26 Mar 2026, 19 min.

Audio: https://media.transistor.fm/ad1956b2/2a68ef47.mp3

Oil prices have surged amid the war in the Middle East, putting pressures on consumers around the world. To help address the supply disruptions, the IEA is coordinating the largest ever release of oil from countries’ emergency reserves. But actions on the demand side can also play a key role. In this episode, Stéphanie Bouckaert, Head of the IEA’s Demand Sectors Unit, and Lucas Boehlé, an analyst specialising in energy efficiency, explain 10 practical options for governments, businesses and households that could help shelter consumers from oil price pressures during this unfolding crisis.

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