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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 | 620 | USD/MT | Reuters | 2026-08 | Monthly |
| Saudi Aramco Butane CP | 640 | USD/MT | Reuters | 2026-08 | Monthly |
| Sonatrach Propane SP | 540 | USD/MT | Argus | 2026-08 | Monthly |
| Sonatrach Butane SP | 570 | USD/MT | Argus | 2026-08 | 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, 2026, focused on price movement, shipping risk and public market context. Weekend entries are clearly labelled as carry-forward market watches.
Weekend Watch: Hormuz Transits Fall to Four as Oil Holds Weekly Gain
News summary: Reuters reported only four commodity vessels crossed Hormuz on Thursday, well below the 10-day average of about 15. At 12:30 GMT Friday,…
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…
Indian Oil Boosts Spot Buying Amid Middle East Supply Disruption
Archive note: Reuters reported that Indian Oil increased spot crude purchases to compensate for reduced Middle East supply, highlighting continued diversification and replacement-cargo demand.FeedstockBridge…
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 Ends July Higher as Hormuz Vessel Risk Returns
Archive note: Reuters reported oil closing higher and posting strong monthly gains after Iranian reports that some tankers were forced to turn back in…
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…
Refinery Outages Keep Fuel Margins Near Records
Archive note: Reuters reported that refinery attacks in the Middle East and Russia kept diesel, gasoline and jet-fuel margins extremely elevated despite lower crude…
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 as Middle East Airstrikes Resume
Archive note: Reuters reported a strong oil-price jump as airstrikes resumed and U.S. crude inventories fell, renewing concern over supply availability.FeedstockBridge context: Buyers should…
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…
India Plans More US LPG Supply to Diversify Import Risk
Archive note: Reuters reported that India planned to source up to a quarter of its 2027 LPG imports from the United States, reducing dependence…
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…
Diplomatic Signals Ease Prices Without Normalising Logistics
Archive note: A retrospective note: softer geopolitical headlines reduced benchmark prices, but tanker counts, port access and insurance conditions still required separate confirmation.FeedstockBridge context:…
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…
Oil Falls as US Pauses Iran Attacks, but Flows Stay Restricted
Archive note: Reuters reported a sharp oil-price decline after the U.S. paused attacks, while physical Hormuz flows remained heavily restricted and volatility stayed high.FeedstockBridge…
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 Market Holds Elevated Freight-Risk Premium
Archive note: The weekend archive records continued risk premium in freight, insurance and route planning even when no single benchmark update captured the full…
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…
Longer Routes Add Time and Cost to Tanker Economics
Archive note: Avoiding both Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb can materially lengthen voyages and increase freight cost, reinforcing the need to define route and delivery…
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 Regional Attacks Intensify
Archive note: Reuters reported Brent settling above $100 as Houthi attacks and broader Middle East tension intensified supply concerns.FeedstockBridge context: Buyers should confirm product…
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:…
Delivered-Cost Risk Expands with Route Uncertainty
Archive note: A daily market note on the widening gap between headline benchmark references and delivered cargo economics when freight, insurance and voyage duration…
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 Reaches Five-Week High on Supply Disruption Fears
Archive note: Reuters reported oil settling around a five-week high as attacks and threatened regional blockades increased concern over Middle East supply disruption.FeedstockBridge 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…
Low Hormuz Traffic Keeps Physical Supply Risk Elevated
Archive note: The market continued to distinguish between paper-price moves and physical access. Low visible crossings kept cargo timing, owner acceptance and insurance under…
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…
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