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Market Snapshot
Public reference prices for crude context, selected refined products and LPG signals. Values are indicative market references, not firm offers or delivered cargo prices.
| Reference | Latest | Unit | Source | Last Update | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent Spot (Europe) | 91.82 | USD/bbl | EIA / FRED | 2026-07-27 | Verified fallback |
| WTI Spot (Cushing) | 84.25 | USD/bbl | EIA / FRED | 2026-07-27 | Verified fallback |
| OPEC Basket | 88.39 | USD/bbl | OPEC XML | 2026-07-29 | Verified fallback |
| USGC ULSD Spot | 4.105 | USD/gal | EIA / FRED | 2026-07-27 | Verified fallback |
| USGC Jet Fuel Spot | 3.582 | USD/gal | EIA / FRED | 2026-07-27 | Verified fallback |
| USGC Regular Gasoline Spot | 3.434 | USD/gal | EIA / FRED | 2026-07-27 | Verified fallback |
| Mont Belvieu Propane Spot | 0.678 | USD/gal | EIA / FRED | 2026-07-27 | Verified fallback |
| Saudi Aramco Propane CP | 720 | USD/MT | Reuters News | 2026-10-30 | Monthly |
| Saudi Aramco Butane CP | 780 | USD/MT | Reuters News | 2026-10-30 | Monthly |
| Sonatrach Propane SP | 825 | USD/MT | Reuters News | 2026-10-30 | Monthly |
| Sonatrach Butane SP | 1,050 | USD/MT | Reuters News | 2026-10-30 | Monthly |
Auto rows refresh from public EIA/FRED or OPEC data at most every six hours. Monthly CP/SP rows change only when a new verified posting is published. If a source is temporarily unavailable, the latest verified fallback value remains visible.
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English Energy Briefs Archive
Complete daily archive from July 7 through November 1, 2026, focused on price movement, shipping risk and public market context.
OPEC+ Set to Hold December Oil Targets Steady
News summary: Reuters reported OPEC+ was set to keep December production targets steady as Gulf members restored exports but mostly continued to pump below…
Weekend Watch: OPEC+ Leans Toward Steady December Targets
News summary: Reuters reported seven core OPEC+ members agreed in principle to keep December production targets unchanged while Gulf producers remained below quotas after…
Oil Settles at Six-Month High After Tanker Attack
News summary: Reuters reported December Brent settled at $117.64/bbl and WTI at $104.12/bbl after a tanker in Hormuz was struck by explosive devices.Market context:…
QatarEnergy Signs 20-Year US LNG Supply Deal
News summary: Reuters reported Woodside will supply QatarEnergy with up to 3 million tonnes per year from Louisiana LNG under a 20-year agreement beginning…
Major Traders Lead India’s 2027 LPG Tender
News summary: Reuters reported ADNOC Trading, TotalEnergies Trading and Chevron were poised to win India’s joint tender for about 2.75 million tonnes of LPG…
Qatar Extends LNG Force Majeure Through Year-End
News summary: Reuters reported QatarEnergy extended force majeure for Edison and some South Asian buyers through year-end, forcing buyers toward higher-cost spot cargoes.Market context:…
EQT Deal Creates Largest US Natural Gas Producer
News summary: Reuters reported EQT agreed to buy Range Resources in a $13 billion all-stock deal, creating a producer with more than 9 bcfe/d…
Weekend Watch: Asian LNG Demand Rises Despite Price Surge
News summary: Reuters analysis estimated Asian LNG imports would reach 23.31 million tonnes in October, a three-month high, while North Asian spot LNG approached…
Weekend Watch: Strategic Releases Meet Gulf Shipping Risk
News summary: The weekend market carried forward Friday’s six-month oil high alongside emergency reserve releases in the United States and Germany and continuing tanker-security…
Oil Reaches Six-Month High as Shipping Risk Escalates
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $116.72/bbl and WTI at $103.27/bbl after attacks in Saudi Arabia, an oil spill off the UAE and…
Brent Settles Above $113 as Saudi Supply Risk Intensifies
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose 4% to settle at $113.17/bbl and WTI gained 2.4% to $99.47/bbl after attacks on Saudi infrastructure increased Middle…
Brent Nears Five-Month High Above $110
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose to $110.11/bbl and WTI to $99.00/bbl as Middle East supply fears and a 4.9-million-barrel U.S. crude inventory draw…
Russian Diesel Returns to Turkey, Brazil and Morocco
News summary: Reuters reported physical Russian diesel exports resumed to familiar markets after the ban was lifted, while European diesel premiums remained elevated.Market context:…
Qatar Proposes 20-Year LNG Supply Deal for Lebanon
News summary: Reuters reported a Qatari proposal for two 825-MW power plants and a 20-year LNG supply arrangement using floating storage and regasification infrastructure.Market…
Brent Holds Near $110 as Saudi and Hormuz Risks Persist
News summary: Reuters reported Brent at $109.55/bbl while WTI contracts diverged, as attacks on Saudi infrastructure and a tanker explosion near Hormuz kept supply…
Weekend Watch: Tanker Rates Ease but Remain Elevated
News summary: Reuters reported VLCC rates retreated from records as demand softened, yet continued conflict and ship-to-ship logistics kept freight far above normal.Market context:…
Iran Ships Limited LPG and Jet Fuel Despite Blockade
News summary: Reuters reported tracking data indicated at least eight LPG tankers and one jet-fuel tanker had moved limited cargoes since mid-July, often using…
Oil Freight Costs Surge to Extraordinary Levels
News summary: Reuters reported one U.S.-to-Japan supertanker voyage cost about $81 million, or $40.50 per barrel, as war risk and longer routes reduced available…
Qatar LNG Uncertainty Freezes Edison Stake Sale
News summary: Reuters reported EDF paused a planned Edison stake sale as disrupted Qatari LNG flows forced the Italian company to replace contracted gas…
Japan Moves to Offset Exceptional Oil Transport Costs
News summary: Reuters reported Japan backed a plan to help oil importers pay sharply higher transport costs as long routes and war-risk premiums strained…
Europe Faces Another High-Price Gas Year as Storage Lags
News summary: Reuters reported European gas storage was expected to reach only 75%–78% by November, below the five-year average, as disrupted Gulf LNG flows…
Weekend Watch: Shipping Risk Keeps Freight Premiums Firm
News summary: Repeated vessel attacks and route uncertainty kept tanker availability, war-risk cover and diversion options central to the next trading week.Market context: Even…
Weekend Watch: Diesel Flows Await Physical Confirmation
News summary: After Russia lifted its export ban, the weekend focus shifted from policy to confirmed loadings, destinations and the speed at which cargoes…
Russia Lifts Diesel Export Ban as Product Market Stays Tight
News summary: Russia lifted its diesel export ban on October 9 after a supply agreement, opening the way for shipments to traditional destinations including…
Oil Surges 4% on Shipping Attacks and Hurricane Disruption
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $104.28/bbl and WTI at $91.49/bbl as Middle East shipping attacks and Hurricane Isaias threatened supply.Market context: The…
Gulf Supply Risk and Hurricane Closures Tighten Oil Market
News summary: Ahead of the October 8 settlement, traders tracked simultaneous Middle East shipping risk and Gulf of Mexico production shutdowns as Hurricane Isaias…
Saudi November Crude Discounts Reshape Asian Buying
News summary: Reuters reported Saudi Aramco set Arab Light for Asia at $5/bbl below Oman-Dubai, its widest discount since June 2020, and cut heavier…
Japan Holds Back Further Emergency Oil Release
News summary: Reuters reported Japan had no plan for another national crude-reserve release after earlier emergency supplies had already entered the market.Market context: The…
OPEC+ Keeps November Oil Output Targets Steady
News summary: Reuters reported OPEC+ agreed to keep November production targets unchanged, while Saudi Aramco sharply reduced November official selling prices for Asian buyers.Market…
Weekend Watch: Europe Agrees to Release Diesel Reserves
News summary: Reuters reported European countries agreed on October 2 to release additional diesel stockpiles as refined-product supply remained tight. Brent settled at $102.25/bbl…
Vietnam’s Nghi Son Refinery Secures Crude Through November
News summary: Reuters reported Vietnam’s largest refinery secured enough crude, mostly from Kuwait, to operate at 125% of design capacity through the end of…
Aramco and Sonatrach Raise October LPG Benchmarks
News summary: Reuters reported Saudi Aramco raised October propane to $680/MT and butane to $730/MT, while Sonatrach set propane at $670/MT and butane at…
US Crude Output Hits Record as Refinery Margins Surge
News summary: Reuters reported U.S. weekly crude output reached a record 13.955 million bpd in the week to September 25. Refiners ran at 96.3%…
Cheniere Signs 22-Year LNG Supply Deal with Petrobras
News summary: Reuters reported Cheniere will supply Petrobras with about 0.8 million tonnes of LNG per year for 22 years on a free-on-board basis.Market…
Qatar-Linked LNG Traffic Through Hormuz Picks Up
News summary: Reuters reported multiple QatarEnergy-linked LNG vessels resumed visible Hormuz transits, including laden ships bound for India, Pakistan and China and at least…
Oil Settles Higher After US Rejects Iran Hormuz Proposal
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled 96 cents higher at $105.28/bbl and WTI gained 19 cents to $92.60/bbl after the United States rejected an…
Libya Pipeline Closure Cuts Crude and Raises Fuel-Supply Risk
News summary: Reuters reported the UN mission warned that attacks on Libya’s energy infrastructure could trigger sanctions while the Sharara-Zawiya oil pipeline remained closed,…
India Seeks 2.75 Million Tonnes of US LPG for 2027
News summary: Reuters reported Indian state-owned LPG importers issued a joint term tender seeking around 2.75 million metric tonnes of U.S. LPG for delivery…
Saudi Red Sea Tanker Insurance Costs Triple
News summary: Reuters reported quoted war-risk premiums for Saudi-linked tankers calling at Yanbu rose to around 3% of vessel value from below 1% in…
South Korea Targets Lower Middle East Crude and Naphtha Dependence
News summary: Reuters reported South Korea plans to cut the Middle East share of its crude imports from 70% in 2025 to 50% by…
Oil Falls as Saudi and Hormuz Crude Flows Improve
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $99.25/bbl and WTI at $94.99/bbl as Saudi supply increased, Yanbu operations restarted and crude movements through Hormuz…
Orlen Agrees Three LNG Cargoes and Major Fuel Supply for Ukraine
News summary: Reuters reported Poland’s Orlen will supply Ukraine’s Naftogaz with three LNG cargoes in the first quarter of 2027, while Ukrnafta will receive…
Drone Attack Damages Moscow Refinery as Product Supply Tightens
News summary: Reuters reported that drones damaged part of Moscow’s oil refinery on Sunday. The plant processed 11.6 million tonnes of crude in 2024…
Weekend Watch: Oil Holds Above $100 as Hormuz Traffic Stays Low
News summary: Reuters reported Friday settlements of $104.87/bbl for Brent and $100.30/bbl for WTI. Only four commodity vessels crossed Hormuz on Thursday, below the…
US and China Discuss Cutting Tariffs on American LNG
News summary: Reuters reported the United States and China were discussing reducing or eliminating China’s 15% tariff on U.S. LNG. U.S. LNG export capacity…
Three Saudi Pipeline Pumping Stations Confirmed Damaged
News summary: Reuters reported satellite imagery and industry sources showed three pumping stations on Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline were damaged. Estimates ranged up to…
Hormuz Crossings Stay in Single Digits as LPG and Naphtha Exit
News summary: Reuters reported only four vessels crossed Hormuz on Tuesday versus a 10-day average of 18. One VLGC carrying about 470,000 barrels of…
Crude Trades Near $107 as Saudi Infrastructure Risk Persists
News summary: The Economic Times reported crude rose more than 1% and traded near $107/bbl as the market assessed the shutdown of Saudi Arabia’s…
Polish Refiner Diversifies as Saudi Crude Deliveries Drop
News summary: Reuters reported Orlen expected September Saudi crude shipments through Egypt’s Sidi Kerir terminal to fall to 2.1 million barrels from 6.6 million…
Saudi Pipeline Outage Threatens 4% of Global Oil Supply
News summary: Reuters reported the East-West pipeline outage put around 4 million bpd, roughly 4% of global supply, at risk. Industry sources estimated Yanbu…
Saudi Arabia Shuts East-West Oil Pipeline After Drone Attack
News summary: Reuters reported Saudi Arabia temporarily shut its 1,200-km East-West pipeline after a drone attack. The route had been carrying about 4 million…
Saudi Crude Supply Falls to a Three-Decade Low
News summary: Reuters reported the IEA estimated Saudi crude supply fell by 2.3 million bpd in August to 6.0 million bpd, the lowest level…
Oil Surges More Than 6% as Shipping Attacks Deepen Supply Fears
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose 6.34% to settle at $107.63/bbl and WTI gained 6.69% to $102.48/bbl after intensified attacks on shipping raised concern…
Oil Nears $100 as Hormuz Traffic Falls to Six Vessels
News summary: Reuters reported Brent traded 1.3% higher at $99.22/bbl and WTI gained 1.2% to $94.13/bbl at 06:14 GMT as fresh Middle East strikes…
Oil Hits Fresh Six-Week High After Attacks on Saudi Energy Sites
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose 92 cents, or 0.9%, to settle at $97.92/bbl and WTI gained $1.55, or 1.7%, to $93.03/bbl after Houthi…
Brent Settles at Six-Week High as Hormuz Risk Deepens
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose 1.1% to settle at $97.31/bbl. WTI had no official settlement because of the U.S. Labor Day holiday and…
Weekend Watch: Hormuz Traffic Drops to Two Vessels
News summary: Reuters reported only two commodity vessels crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, while six crossed on Sunday. The 10-day moving average…
Weekend Watch: US Strikes Three Iranian Crude Tankers
News summary: Reuters reported U.S. forces struck three Iranian crude oil tankers on Saturday after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two U.S. Navy ships.…
Oil Ends Week Higher as Middle East Supply Routes Stay Impaired
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled up 76 cents, or 0.8%, at $96.28/bbl and WTI gained 18 cents, or 0.2%, to $91.48/bbl. Brent rose…
Oil Ends Mixed as Hormuz Traffic Remains Far Below Average
News summary: Reuters reported Brent eased 11 cents, or 0.12%, to settle at $95.52/bbl while WTI gained 29 cents, or 0.32%, to $91.30/bbl. Six…
Oil Settles 1% Higher as Major US-Iran Strikes Threaten Supply
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled up 98 cents, or 1%, at $95.63/bbl and WTI rose 79 cents, or 0.9%, to $91.01/bbl. Four commodity…
Oil Settles More Than $4 Higher as Hormuz Supply Risk Returns
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose $4.16, or 4.6%, to settle at $94.65/bbl and WTI gained $4.46, or 5.2%, to $90.22/bbl, their highest closes…
Oil Settles More Than 2.5% Higher as Military Attacks Resume
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose $2.39, or 2.71%, to settle at $90.49/bbl and WTI gained $2.36, or 2.83%, to $85.76/bbl after direct U.S.-Iran…
Weekend Watch: Direct US-Iran Attacks Return Near Hormuz
News summary: Reuters reported U.S. forces struck two Iranian missile launchers on Larak Island on Sunday and Iran responded with attacks on U.S. bases…
Weekend Watch: Hormuz Recovery Remains Uneven
News summary: With no new Saturday settlement, this archive note carries forward Reuters’ Friday close of $89.31/bbl for Brent and $83.40/bbl for WTI, alongside…
Oil Ends Lower as Hormuz Deal Rumours Meet Choppy Flows
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $89.31/bbl and WTI at $83.40/bbl; both ended the week lower as traders weighed possible Hormuz progress against…
Oil Rebounds 2% as Ceasefire Expectations Recede
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose 2.1% to settle at $89.70/bbl and WTI gained 1.6% to $83.53/bbl, snapping a three-session losing streak as expectations…
Aramco Expands September Crude Offers Outside Hormuz
News summary: Reuters reported Saudi Aramco offered more September crude for loading outside Hormuz through ship-to-ship transfers after selling at least 4 million barrels…
Oil Falls More Than 3% to One-Week Low
News summary: Reuters reported Brent fell 3.9% to settle at $88.58/bbl and WTI declined 3.1% to $82.36/bbl as traders viewed new economic pressure on…
Iran Blacklists 45 Tankers Over Hormuz Transit Rules
News summary: Reuters reported Iran blacklisted 45 tankers for breaking its Hormuz transit rules and warned that listed vessels could face fines, detention or…
Weekend Watch: Hormuz Transits Drop Below 20
News summary: Reuters shipping data showed 13 commodity vessels crossed Hormuz on Saturday and only four on Sunday, with overall AIS-detected traffic about 90%…
Weekend Watch: Iran Allows Some Iraqi Oil Tankers Through Hormuz
News summary: Reuters reported Iran granted special permission for a number of Iraqi oil tankers to transit Hormuz after repeated requests from Baghdad, while…
Brent Settles at $94.39 as Hormuz Transits Fall to Seven
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $94.39/bbl and WTI at $87.06/bbl, while only seven commodity vessels crossed Hormuz on Thursday and major Middle…
Oil Gains More Than 2% on New Iran Sanctions Threat
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose 2.4% to settle at $93.78/bbl and WTI gained 2.3% to $87.83/bbl after the United States threatened consequences for…
Oil Settles at Four-Week High as Hormuz Traffic Stays Slow
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $91.62/bbl and WTI at $85.83/bbl, their highest closes since July 24, while only six commodity vessels crossed…
Oil Rises Above $91 as US-Iran Deal Hopes Fade
News summary: Reuters reported Brent traded at $91.49/bbl and WTI at $85.25/bbl at 04:08 GMT on Tuesday as prospects for a peace deal receded…
Aramco Offers Crude Outside Hormuz via Fujairah STS
News summary: Reuters reported Saudi Aramco offered Arab Medium and Arab Heavy crude to some Asian refiners through ship-to-ship transfers off Fujairah for September…
Weekend Watch: Hormuz Shipping Nears Standstill After Tanker Attacks
News summary: Reuters reported tracked Hormuz traffic slowed to near standstill over the weekend after attacks on ADNOC-operated tankers. The limited movements included an…
Weekend Watch: Oil Ends Higher as Tanker and Export Risks Persist
News summary: This weekend archive note carries forward Reuters’ Friday close: Brent settled at $88.52/bbl and WTI at $82.40/bbl after tanker attacks, stalled peace…
Asian Refiners Buy More US Crude as Hormuz Remains Blocked
News summary: Reuters reported at least four Asian refiners bought U.S. crude for later-2026 delivery. U.S. crude shipments to Asia reached a record 2.35…
US Says Iran Naval Blockade Can Continue Indefinitely
News summary: Reuters reported the United States said it could maintain its naval blockade of Iran indefinitely and increase economic pressure as ceasefire talks…
IEA Sees 4.3 Million Bpd Supply Drop as Hormuz Stays Constrained
News summary: Reuters reported the IEA expects global oil supply to fall by 4.3 million bpd in 2026, leaving supply about 1.27 million bpd…
Hormuz Traffic Falls to Six Vessels as Deal Hopes Fade
News summary: Reuters reported only six vessels crossed Hormuz on Monday versus a 10-day average of about 11 and a pre-war norm of 130–140.…
Oil Jumps 5% as Hormuz Reopening Hopes Fade
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose $4.17 to settle at $87.72/bbl and WTI gained $3.95 to $82.13/bbl after Iran and the United States traded…
Jazan Refinery Attack Extends Red Sea Energy Risk
News summary: Reuters reported Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked Saudi Aramco’s 400,000-bpd Jazan refinery with a drone. Saudi Arabia said the resulting fire was…
Iran-Oman Hormuz Deal Nears but Immediate Reopening Remains Uncertain
News summary: Reuters reported Iran and Oman said a shipping-route agreement was close, but Iran said the agreement alone would not reopen Hormuz; the…
Brent Settles at $83.55 as Hormuz Deal Terms Stay Unclear
News summary: Reuters reported Brent gained $1.06 to settle at $83.55/bbl and WTI rose 89 cents to $78.18/bbl as traders assessed unresolved terms for…
Oil Gains More Than $3 as Hormuz Restrictions Return to Focus
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose $3.04 to $82.49/bbl and WTI gained $2.07 to $77.29/bbl after an Iranian parliamentary committee reviewed a proposal to…
Oil Holds Near $79 as Hormuz Reopening Hopes Meet Physical Risk
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled 9 cents higher at $79.45/bbl while WTI fell 55 cents to $75.22/bbl as the market weighed possible de-escalation…
Gulf Waterway Traffic Shows Little Improvement
News summary: Reuters reported that 20 vessels crossed Bab el-Mandeb on Monday while only six vessels—three tankers and three bulk carriers—transited Hormuz, down from…
Oil Drops 7% as Planned Strike Is Held Back
News summary: Reuters reported Brent fell 7% to settle at $83.77/bbl and WTI fell 5.1% to $80.34/bbl after the United States held off a…
OPEC+ Plans September Increase as Physical Disruptions Limit Supply Response
News summary: Reuters reported that seven OPEC+ members planned an approximately 188,000 bpd quota increase for September, completing the rollback of 2023 voluntary cuts…
August Opens with July’s Strongest Monthly Oil Gain Since March
News summary: The August 1 archive carry-forward records Reuters’ July close: oil finished more than $1/bbl higher on Friday and logged its strongest monthly…
Oil Rises After Iran Says It Stopped Ships in Hormuz
News summary: Reuters reported oil rose more than 1% after Iran said it stopped two vessels from exiting Hormuz and turned back four others.Market…
Suez Route Security Draws New Attention After Tanker Strike
News summary: Reuters reported a drone strike damaged two gas tankers in Egyptian waters, raising concern around Suez and the Sumed pipeline as alternative…
Oil Jumps About 7% as Airstrikes Resume
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $90.74/bbl and WTI at $84.46/bbl as renewed airstrikes and low U.S. inventories revived supply concern.Market context: The…
Oil Falls 5% as Strike Pause Encourages Diplomacy Hopes
News summary: Reuters reported Brent fell to $84.09/bbl and WTI to $79.26/bbl as the market reacted to a pause in strikes, although Hormuz flows…
Indian Refiner Seeks Crude Avoiding Hormuz and Red Sea
News summary: Reuters reported MRPL issued a tender for up to 1 million barrels with a clause avoiding both the Strait of Hormuz and…
Week-Open Watch: Strike Pause Tests Oil Risk Premium
News summary: Reuters reported that a pause in U.S. strikes raised hopes for a diplomatic path and set up a sharp reassessment of the…
Weekend Watch: Physical Premiums Stay Elevated
News summary: This weekend archive note carried forward Reuters reporting that physical crude prices and route costs remained elevated after a week of severe…
Physical Crude Prices Jump, Some Near $110
News summary: Reuters reported physical oil differentials and outright prices rose sharply as Red Sea attacks, slow Hormuz transit and other loading disruptions tightened…
Oil Settles Above $100 as Red Sea Risk Intensifies
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $100.69/bbl and WTI at $92.19/bbl as attacks on shipping and tighter Hormuz control lifted supply fears.Market context:…
Brent Settles Above $94 at Six-Week High
News summary: Reuters reported Brent rose 3.36% to $94.07/bbl and WTI reached a six-week high as hostilities and Red Sea shipping threats intensified.Market context:…
Oil Climbs to Five-Week High
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $91.01/bbl and WTI at $84.91/bbl as attacks and threatened blockades raised concern over worsening Middle East supply…
Oil Settles Above $89 as Diplomacy and Blockade Risk Compete
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $89.22/bbl and WTI at $83.23/bbl after volatile trade balancing possible talks against Houthi threats to Saudi shipping.Market…
Few Tankers Enter Hormuz to Load Oil
News summary: Reuters reported only a small number of product tankers and one VLCC entered Hormuz to load, while visible Sunday crossings fell to…
Regional Infrastructure Attacks Raise Energy-Security Risk
News summary: Reuters reported renewed regional attacks and damage affecting power and desalination infrastructure, adding another layer of operational risk around Gulf energy routes.Market…
IEA Warns on Prolonged Hormuz Disruption
News summary: Reuters reported the IEA warned global energy security could come under pressure if oil flows through Hormuz did not improve within weeks.Market…
Oil Eases but Holds Near One-Month High
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $84.23/bbl and WTI at $78.95/bbl while the market continued to price Hormuz and Red Sea disruption risk.Market…
Japan Refiners Seek More Diverse Crude Supply
News summary: Reuters reported Japanese refiners planned to diversify crude sources and examine support for routes that reduce dependence on the Strait of Hormuz.Market…
Oil Reaches One-Month High on Hormuz Disruption Risk
News summary: Reuters reported oil rose about 2% to a one-month high as attacks deepened concern over supply and tanker movement around Hormuz.Market context:…
OPEC Cuts 2026 Demand-Growth Forecast Again
News summary: Reuters reported OPEC cut its 2026 global oil-demand growth forecast to 780,000 bpd while noting that Hormuz flows had begun to recover…
Weekend Watch: Diesel Tightness Meets Gulf Freight Risk
News summary: This weekend archive note carried forward Reuters reporting on Russia’s diesel export ban and the still-reduced flow of vessels through Hormuz.Market context:…
Russia Diesel Ban Deepens Product Supply Crunch
News summary: Reuters reported that Russia’s diesel export ban intensified a global shortage and pushed prices higher across markets dependent on industrial and transport…
Hormuz Traffic Slows as Tensions Flare
News summary: Reuters reported that some LNG and Japan-linked vessels transited Hormuz, but overall daily traffic remained far below pre-war levels and AIS visibility…
Energy Inflation Risk Returns to the Market
News summary: A Reuters market analysis said the renewed conflict put energy prices back at the centre of the inflation outlook after a temporary…
Crude Settles Nearly 5% Higher as Truce Buckles
News summary: Reuters reported Brent settled at $78.02/bbl and WTI at $73.52/bbl after renewed U.S.-Iran tension raised fears of another interruption to Hormuz vessel…
Oil Jumps After Vessel Attacks Near Hormuz
News summary: Reuters reported that oil settled about 3% higher after attacks on commercial vessels near the Strait of Hormuz renewed concern over physical…