(By Oil & Gas 360) Month Ending: June 2026 – June marked a turning point for global energy markets; the month began with fears of war-driven supply disruptions and a potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz. By month’s end, markets had largely shifted toward pricing the reopening of shipping lanes and the return of supply. Yet beneath the falling
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Energy markets continued shifting from crisis pricing toward normalization this week, but the transition remains uneven. Oil prices weakened as Hormuz flows improved and Saudi Arabia prepared to cut prices, yet shipping uncertainty, strategic reserve building, and new attacks kept risk alive. The market is no longer pricing full disruption, but it is not
(By Oil & Gas 360) – For much of the modern energy era, executives, investors, and policymakers operated under a shared assumption that periods of disruption would eventually give way to a familiar pattern. Prices would rise, capital would flow into the sector, production would increase, and supply growth would ultimately restore balance. Markets might experience volatility along the way, but
(Oil & Gas 360) – This week marked a notable shift in market sentiment. For months, energy markets were focused on disruption, conflict, and supply risk. Now, attention is turning toward reopening trade routes, restoring production, and assessing whether the world is moving from a supply crisis toward a period of greater abundance. Prices moved lower, but capital continued flowing
(Oil & Gas360) By Greg Barnett, MBA – If Matt Simmons helped explain the growing engineering complexity beneath the world’s oil reservoirs, Thomas A. Petrie spent decades explaining something equally important above ground: oil is never just a commodity. It is capital, power, diplomacy, security, industrialization, and national survival operating simultaneously. In Following Oil, Petrie chronicled how energy systems reorganize
(By Oil & Gas 360) – The proposed sixty-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran with Pakistan as mediator has been greeted by energy markets with a sense of relief. Oil prices retreated from crisis levels, shipping companies began preparing for a gradual return to normal operations, and insurers started reassessing the elevated war-risk premiums that had accompanied weeks
(By Oil & Gas 360) – The oil market has spent the past several weeks trading optimism. Prices have retreated from their crisis highs as investors bet that diplomacy, ceasefire extensions, and negotiations between Washington and Tehran will eventually restore flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Yet a growing number of traders, analysts, and industry executives are warning that markets may
(By Oil & Gas 360) – May was supposed to be about stabilization. Instead, it became another month dominated by geopolitical disruption, volatile oil prices, shifting LNG flows, accelerating energy consolidation, and rising concerns about the long-term reliability of global supply. At the center of nearly everything remained the Iran conflict and the continued disruption surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, one of
(By Oil & Gas 360) – What began as wartime disruption has evolved into something far more strategic, Iran is increasingly turning access through Hormuz into geopolitical and economic leverage. The shift is becoming more visible by the week as Tehran expands operational control, imposes new transit procedures, and reshapes how commercial shipping moves through one of the world’s most important
(By Oil & Gas 360) Part II – Oil and gas companies once measured competitive advantage in barrels, acreage, and reserves; now they are increasingly measuring it in processing power, analytics capability, and data quality. Because the next phase of the industry is not just about producing hydrocarbons more efficiently, it is about understanding markets, assets, infrastructure, and risk faster
(By Oil & Gas 360) – The longer the Iran war continues, the less this looks like a temporary geopolitical disruption and the more it resembles the early stages of a structural oil supply crisis. For months, markets have focused on headlines surrounding ceasefires, diplomacy, and tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. But beneath the volatility, the global oil
(Oil & Gas 360) – Energy markets are balancing on a narrow edge. Prices moved sharply again this week as escalation and diplomacy pulled in opposite directions, while deeper structural signals, from tightening inventories to long-term gas constraints, continue to build. The short-term story is volatility. The longer-term story is tightening supply. THIS WEEK’S 5 HEADLINES THAT MATTERED 1. Oil
