(Oil Price) – Asia will bear the brunt of the energy crisis unfolding as a result of the war in the Middle East, former IEA chief Nobuo Tanaka warned this week. Speaking at a hydrogen industry event in Malaysia, Tanaka said, as quoted by the Borneo Times, that “The first oil shock created the IEA in 1973. The second transformed industries and
(Oil Price) – Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has collapsed by 90% to 95% compared to pre-war levels, analysts concur. Some oil cargoes continue to trickle through the critical chokepoint, but under increasingly opaque operating conditions, complicating the tracking of oil and gas flows and obscuring the visibility of how much energy supply actually reaches buyers these days. Traffic
(Oil Price) – Global oil inventories are fast approaching a critical point, with Asia the first facing “minimum operational levels” and Europe close behind. This is the latest in a growing series of warnings from industry experts about the state of oil supply and the prospects of a severe shortage. It seems the world is running out of time to avert
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Coal has been written off many times before. Each time, it stayed. Today, the conversation is returning with more urgency. Climate targets, investor pressure, and policy commitments continue pushing toward a future with less coal. But the real question is no longer whether coal use should decline. The question is whether the world is
(Oil Price) – Asia’s LNG imports slumped in March to the lowest level in seven years for the month as the closed Strait of Hormuz trapped the supply and Qatar declared force majeure following Iranian missile strikes on its LNG infrastructure. Asian imports of liquefied natural gas dropped by 4.3% from a year earlier to 21.12 million tons in March
(By Oil & Gas 360) – If oil built the global energy system, LNG is quietly rewriting it. The rise of liquefied natural gas is doing more than adding supply, it is transforming how energy moves across regions. Unlike pipeline gas, LNG creates a flexible, global market where cargoes can shift in response to price, demand, and geopolitical conditions. At
(By Oil & Gas 360) – The Strait of Hormuz has always mattered. What’s changed is that the world is being reminded, again, and in real time, just how much. In today’s market, it’s no longer just a strategic passage. It’s the single most important pressure point in the global energy system, and increasingly, a test of whether global energy security
(Investing) – LONDON – European and Asian refiners are paying record high prices of near $150 a barrel for some crude oil grades, far exceeding prices for paper futures, highlighting the worsening supply crisis from the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. The Iran war has forced the shutdown of at least 12 million barrels per day – about 12% of world supply
(BOE Report) – Spot premiums for U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude have jumped to all-time highs as competition between Asian and European refiners for supply heats up to replace Middle Eastern oil flows disrupted by the Iran war, industry sources said. Europe is typically the largest importer of U.S. crude, but competition has escalated with Asian buyers scouring for supply
(Oil Price) – Days before it is slated to announce pricing for May-loading cargoes for Asia, the world’s top crude exporter, Saudi Arabia, is unsure how the typical price mechanism could apply and is under pressure from buyers to switch to alternative pricing, as the war is upending oil flows and roiling regional benchmarks. Saudi Arabia typically announces around the fifth
(By Oil & Gas 360) – The global energy narrative is shifting. What began as an oil-driven crisis is quickly evolving into a gas problem—and in many regions, a more immediate one. Disruptions to LNG flows from the Middle East are tightening global supply just as demand remains elevated across Asia and Europe. With Qatar’s export capacity constrained, gas markets
(Oil Price) – Asian nations that are the most exposed to the fallout of the Hormuz crisis have sealed energy deals worth $56 billion with American companies, helping advance President Trump’s energy dominance agenda. Whether this is an actual pivot from the Middle East to the U.S. is yet to be seen. The news about the financial commitments was announced by Interior Secretary
