Oil prices rebounded early on Wednesday as the market fears a massive supply crunch from the ongoing blockage at the Strait of Hormuz, which offset reports that the IEA is preparing its largest-ever release from strategic oil stocks.
Oil prices plunged the most in four years as traders struggled to interpret conflicting signals about whether tanker traffic could soon resume through the Strait of Hormuz, the vital chokepoint for global crude exports.
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The finance ministers of the G7 will discuss the possibility of releasing oil from storage in response to the price rally resulting from the war in the Middle East, media, including the Financial Times and the Australian Financial Review, have reported, citing unnamed sources.
Oil prices fell on Tuesday after hitting a more than three-year high in the previous session as U.S. President Donald Trump predicted the war in the Middle East could end soon, easing concerns about prolonged disruptions to global oil supplies.
Oil prices surged in early Asian trading on Monday, breaking above $100 per barrel for the first time in nearly four years as the Iran conflict escalated and Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen as supreme leader.
Oil and fuel futures and options contracts traded on Monday hit an all-time high as traders rushed to lock in surging benchmark prices, Reuters has reported, citing ICE data. The total number of futures and options in crude and fuels reached 12.7 million, with the number of contracts for ICE’s Low Sulphur Gasoil hitting 1.3 million—the […]
Oil futures extended gains as the U.S.-Iran conflict widens and energy infrastructure across the Middle East comes under attack, according to Sasha Foss, Energy Analyst at CSC Commodities, a division of Marex. Front-month Brent crude rose $5.66/b to $83.40, with the prompt spread widening to $2.65/b, reflecting tightening near-term supply conditions. Foss said the biggest […]
Oil prices posted their largest single-day gain in four years as conflict in the Middle East disrupted tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and heightened concerns about supply from one of the world’s most critical producing regions. Brent crude climbed roughly 9% after briefly topping $80/bbl, while diesel futures jumped more than 20% at […]
Transocean has secured contract fixtures for its Encourage and Enabler rigs in Norway, amassing a firm backlog of approximately $184m (SFr141.4m).