The US carried out a new round of strikes in Iran targeting more than 80 sites and revoked a waiver allowing new sales of its oil, further imperiling a peace agreement after a series of attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. American forces struck Iranian air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal […]
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has raised its global oil production forecast in its July Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), citing the recovery of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz following the June 18 agreement between the United States and Iran to reopen the strategic waterway. EIA now expects global crude oil production and trade flows to […]
India, the world’s third-largest importer of oil and the second-largest buyer of liquefied petroleum gas, faced major disruptions due to restrictions on the Strait of Hormuz during the conflict between the US and Iran.
Shell Plc expects global liquefied natural gas flows to be little changed this year—after more than a decade of growth—if shipping through the Strait of Hormuz returns to normal this summer. However, under an alternative scenario, published in Shell’s LNG Outlook 2026 released on Tuesday, LNG supply could see a rare annual contraction if Hormuz […]
Pakistan is seeking to buy liquefied natural gas for delivery this week as a string of attacks in the Strait of Hormuz disrupts flows of the super-chilled fuel. State-owned Pakistan LNG released a tender over the weekend seeking to procure a shipment for June 30 to July 4 delivery, with offers due on Monday, according […]
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 […]