Oil rose as traders assessed upcoming peace talks between the US and Iran following a weekend of flare-ups over the Strait of Hormuz that served as a reminder of the fragility of their truce. West Texas Intermediate rose more than 2% to settle near $71 a barrel. Brent settled up 1.6%. Both Tehran and Washington […]
Nobody, especially not Iraq, wants to be caught relying on Hormuz ever again. Iraq is preparing to export crude oil and naphtha through Syria’s Mediterranean port of Baniyas, expanding an emergency workaround that emerged after the closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted the country’s primary export routes and left storage tanks filling up. According […]
Millions of barrels of crude oil continued moving through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend despite Iran’s announcement that it had closed the critical waterway, highlighting growing uncertainty over the actual status of the world’s most important oil transit route. Vessel-tracking data showed several laden supertankers transiting Hormuz on Saturday and Sunday, carrying crude […]
Germany may be getting cold feet about ending its oil reserve waiver. Berlin said this week it is considering extending a temporary reduction in national oil stockpiling requirements beyond the current August 31 deadline, even as markets celebrate the U.S.-Iran agreement and the expected reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Officially, Germany insists there are […]
Tankers carrying a total of 80 million barrels of crude are preparing to move through the Strait of Hormuz after the signing of the preliminary deal between the United States and Iran, Bloomberg reported today, citing data from Vortexa. The crude is on 40 tankers, of which 21 will be heading for Asia, with five going to […]
The Strait of Hormuz will ultimately reopen but Iran and Oman will set new conditions for passage, including transit fees, Kazem Jalali, Iran’s Ambassador to Russia, told Russian daily Izvestia in an interview on Monday.
Another LNG carrier loaded with Qatari gas has passed through the Strait of Hormuz this week, bringing the total number of Qatari LNG cargoes that have cleared the chokepoint since the start of the war to five, Reuters reported today, citing data from Kpler and LSEG.
When the day comes, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz will be an extraordinary event: restarting about 10,000 oil wells, pumping roughly 15 per cent of the world’s production, that had been shut down for a hundred days and counting. Nothing even remotely close has been attempted – ever.
India can comfortably withstand a disruption in oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz for about a month and does not expect crude prices to remain elevated for long, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri told CNN-News18, citing the country’s fuel inventories, diversified sourcing strategy and expanding energy infrastructure.
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Seven OPEC+ members agreed Sunday to lift their combined oil output target by 188,000 barrels per day from July, but analysts say the increase may deliver little actual supply while the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked by the Iran conflict.