(By Oil & Gas 360) – The ceasefire didn’t calm energy markets; it complicated them. Prices remain elevated, supply remains uncertain, and the ripple effects of recent disruptions are still moving through the system. This week made one thing clear: even when conflict pauses, its impact doesn’t. THIS WEEK’S 5 HEADLINES THAT MATTERED 1. Ceasefire fails to stabilize oil markets Oil
(World Oil) – Ovintiv Inc. has completed the previously announced sale of its Anadarko Basin assets in Oklahoma for $3.0 billion, marking a key step in the company’s portfolio repositioning. After customary closing adjustments, net proceeds from the transaction are expected to total approximately $2.85 billion. The company said the divestment supports its strategy to streamline operations and strengthen its balance sheet. Ovintiv
(Oil Price) – Oil prices could spike and hit again their peak Iran-war levels at nearly $120 per barrel if a full recovery of vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz takes until July, according to JP Morgan. Despite the ceasefire announced earlier this week, traffic through the critical oil chokepoint remains severely restricted and under supervision and approval by Iran’s Islamic
(By Oil & Gas 360) – The latest disruption in global energy markets feels new in scale, but not in pattern. As oil flows tighten, shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains constrained, and geopolitical tensions ripple across supply chains, the market is rediscovering lessons it arguably should have retained from 2022, and three lessons for the latest energy shock. This
(Investing) – Chevron said on Thursday its upstream earnings were expected to rise by $1.6 billion to $2.2 billion in the first quarter versus the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by surging oil and gas prices from volatility linked to the Iran war. The conflict, which began on February 28, sent oil prices skyrocketing as much as 65%, with some oil and
(By Oil & Gas 360) – A fragile pause in Middle East hostilities is offering global energy markets a moment to breathe, even as underlying risks remain firmly in place. Recent diplomatic movement, reportedly supported by Washington and quietly reinforced by regional actors, has created a short window for de-escalation between Iran and its adversaries. Israel has signaled alignment with a
(Investing) – LONDON – Investors placed an approximately $950 million bet on oil prices falling just hours before the U.S. and Iran announced a ceasefire, the latest large wager on the direction of the world’s most traded commodity ahead of a major policy announcement by President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, investors sold a combined 8,600 lots of Brent and U.S. crude
(BOE Report) – The leaders of the International Energy Agency, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank will discuss the energy crisis triggered by the Iran war next Monday, IEA executive director Fatih Birol said on Tuesday. “This energy crisis calls for all hands on deck & international cooperation,” Birol said on social media platform X, stressing the need
(By Oil & Gas 360)- Global oil markets are no longer reacting to supply and demand; they are reacting to deadlines. With President Donald Trump declaring a final Tuesday deadline for Iran to strike a deal, tensions have entered a more binary phase: agreement or escalation. The ultimatum has raised the stakes not just diplomatically, but economically, as markets weigh
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Energy markets are entering a more complex phase. Prices are no longer reacting to a single catalyst but to a mix of war risk, policy response, capital shifts, and macro pressure. The result is a market that feels unstable not just because of volatility, but because the underlying drivers are pulling in different directions
(By Oil & Gas 360) – The first phase of the energy shock moved prices. The second reshaped flows. The third is now redirecting capital. As volatility moves from crude into refined products and logistics, investors are beginning to reposition, not around headline oil prices, but around where the system is tightening most. That shift is already visible. Refiners are
(World Oil) – Liberty Energy Inc. has raised $525 million through a private offering of 0.00% convertible senior notes due 2032, marking its second such financing move this year as the company looks to maintain financial flexibility. The notes were sold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A. In connection with the offering, Liberty also entered into privately negotiated capped-call transactions
