(Oil Price) – In an earnings season highlighted by a Middle East conflict that has sent oil prices soaring, Texas oil refiner Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) has reported first quarter adjusted earnings of $0.49 per share, easily beating Wall Street’s consensus of a loss of $0.39 while net income came in at $207 million thanks to higher refining margins amid the big oil price rally. The
(Oil Price) – China’s imports of liquefied natural gas this month are expected to be the lowest since 2018, based on data from Kpler, Bloomberg has reported, citing soaring prices. April LNG arrivals are seen at 3.5 million tons, which would also be a 30% drop on a year ago, the report said. An earlier report by Reuters pegged China’s LNG imports
(BOE Report) – BP on Tuesday posted a first-quarter underlying replacement cost profit, its version of net income, of $3.2 billion, compared with expectations of $2.67 billion in a company-provided poll of analysts and $1.38 billion a year ago. BP’s customers and products business, including its oil trading desk which BP had already flagged as having an exceptionally strong
(Oil Price) – Oil producers in the Middle East would typically rejoice at oil prices of $100 per barrel as they would see windfall revenues from their exports. But since the Iran war trapped most oil and gas shipments at the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf economies have lost billions of dollars in oil revenues and haven’t seen any upside from
(Oil Price) – China is on track to import record-high volumes of ethane from the United States this month as Chinese and other Asian petrochemicals producers rush to secure replacement feedstock amid plunging naphtha and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supply from the Middle East. China is expected to import as many as 800,000 tons of U.S. ethane in April, which
(Oil & Gas 360) – The Middle East remains the center of gravity in global energy, but it is no longer viewed as a stable foundation. It is now both the system’s anchor and its primary fault line. No other region combines scale, cost advantage, and spare capacity the way the Middle East does. Saudi Arabia and the UAE continue
(Oil Price) – Oil supply from the Middle East could drop by another 2.3 million barrels per day (bpd) if the U.S. were to completely block the Strait of Hormuz, according to bank Nomura. “We estimate around 2.3mbpd loss of incremental oil supplies versus March 2026, and nearly 9.3mbpd loss versus March 2025 in the event the US were to
(Oil Price) – Saudi Arabia is expected to ship in May halve the crude volumes to China it supplies in April as the Kingdom hiked its official selling prices while part of the supply is trapped in the Middle East due to the war. Saudi Arabia, the single biggest crude oil exporter in the world, is expected to send about
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Global energy supply is being reshaped, not by a single event, but by a shift in where the next barrels are coming from. For much of the past decade, the story was relatively clear. U.S. shale growth, OPEC+ management, and steady demand shaped a market that, while volatile, remained broadly predictable. That framework is
(Oil Price) – ExxonMobil lost 6% of its global production in the first quarter as the Iran war paralyzed oil and natural gas operations in the Persian Gulf. Half those outages were from a liquefied natural gas complex in Qatar in which Exxon is a partner, the company said Wednesday. Two LNG production lines, or trains, at the facility were damaged by
(EIA) – Crude oil and petroleum product prices increased significantly in the first quarter of 2026 (1Q26), particularly following military action in the Middle East on February 28 and the subsequent de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. In this quarterly update, we review petroleum markets price developments in 1Q26, covering crude oil prices, petroleum product prices, and refinery
(By Oil & Gas 360) – Operation Epic Fury was meant to send a clear signal that the United States will act to protect global energy flows when they are threatened. In the immediate sense, it appears to have worked. The operation demonstrated speed and capability, reassured allies, and reminded markets that the U.S. remains willing to intervene when critical
