See it in action · Example research
From the world situation to a company.
One event, followed through DESK across countries and supply chains to a company that feels it. Each step shows what you see on screen and where it leads next.
The starting question
Fewer ships pass the Strait of Hormuz since the war around Iran began. How does that reach a company in Europe?
The path through DESK
Five steps, from an event to one company.
Each step opens from the one before, from the world situation down to a single company page.
01
Start with the event
DESK Impact turns the war into a chain: the fighting, the traffic through the strait, the oil that has no other route, and its price.
News, Radar & Impact →
02
See who depends on the strait
The Strait of Hormuz page shows how much of their oil the large economies get from the Gulf: Japan almost all of it, Germany a small part.
Strait of Hormuz in numbers →
03
Pick an industry that runs on oil
On the page of the chemicals company BASF, resource dependency shows that the chemical industry needs about ten cents of oil, gas and petroleum products for every dollar of output — measured on the US industry structure (BEA) as an approximation.
Companies →
04
Check where the raw materials come from
For Germany, the largest suppliers are Norway and the United States; the Gulf states supply only a small share.
Macro Terminal →
05
See what it means for the company
DESK Impact estimates the extra cost for the chemical industry, again from the US industry structure: crude oil is the largest single burden, and all current price moves together come to about 2.4% of revenue.
News, Radar & Impact →Linked information
What came together on the way.
Five kinds of information, each with its own source, connected by one question.
Your own finding
What you take away is yours.
DESK shows the connections; what they mean for you is your own reading.
For example
“The oil does not have to pass through Hormuz to become expensive. Germany buys little from the Gulf but pays the world price, so the war reaches the chemical industry through the price rather than the supply.”
What this page is not
No recommendation to buy or sell, no price forecast and no judgement on any share. BASF is one example among many; the estimates use the US structure of the chemical industry as an approximation, not BASF’s own purchasing or contracts. Screenshots from November 2026.
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