Während der ersten drei Monate des Krieges der USA und Israels mit dem Iran war die vorherrschende Stimmung an den Ölmärkten, dass der Konflikt jeden Tag enden könnte. Der kurze Waffenstillstand im Juni verstärkte diesen Optimismus, sodass es eine Weile dauerte, bis man den Tatsachen ins Auge sah: Der Krieg würde nicht so bald enden. Er könnte sich sogar bis ins nächste Jahr erstrecken – und das bedeutet dauerhaft höhere Preise. Der ICE Brent Crude Futures-Kontrakt für Januar 2027 wird bei 102,59 USD pro Barrel gehandelt. Der Kontrakt für Juni 2027 liegt mit 92,71 USD pro Barrel nur geringfügi
For the first four months of the war between the United States and Israel and Iran, oil traders remained largely bearish. The overwhelming expectation was that the war would end soon—even as July rolled around—and oil flows out of Hormuz would recover. Instead, the world is slipping into a fuel shortage, and traders have gone bullish. They are especially bullish on fuels in the United States, it seems. The world’s biggest crude oil consumer and the biggest exporter of crude and fuels has not managed to avoid a supply squeeze at…
Pakistan’s five oil refineries are expected to sign agreements in early September for upgrades that are expected to unlock as much as $6 billion in investment in the country’s refining sector. Representatives of the five refineries, Pak Arab Refinery Limited (PARCO), Pakistan Refinery Limited (PRL), National Refinery Limited (NRL), Cnergyico, and Attock Refinery Limited (ARL), have met with Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Petroleum, Ali Pervaiz Malik, to discuss the so-called Refinery Upgradation Policy, local daily Business Recorder…
Ukraine continues to pound Russian refineries in nearly daily drone attacks that damage refining infrastructure, deepen the fuel crisis in Russia, and tighten global fuel markets. In the latest attack on Monday night, Ukrainian forces hit the 180,000-barrels-per-day Afipsky refinery in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar. A fire broke out at the refinery as a result of the strike, the governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratiev, wrote in a post on Telegram on Tuesday. At least 10 homes were damaged in the Afipsky village and…
