I prezzi del greggio si avviano a registrare un netto guadagno settimanale, con il Brent sulla buona strada per un incremento di circa 6 dollari al barile e il WTI che segna un rialzo molto più modesto, passando da circa 99 dollari al barile di lunedì a oltre 100 dollari all'inizio della giornata odierna. Al momento della stesura, il greggio Brent veniva scambiato a 114,00 dollari al barile e il West Texas Intermediate a 100,40 dollari al barile, mentre le ostilità in Medio Oriente rimangono in prima pagina per i trader petroliferi. L'attenzione, tuttavia, sembra concentrarsi sugli attacchi de
Dopo mesi di prezzi dell'energia elevati, l'Europa deve aspettarsi che i costi del carburante continuino ad aumentare durante i mesi invernali con la crescita della domanda. Le continue limitazioni nel commercio energetico e le minacce alle infrastrutture energetiche in tutto il Medio Oriente dovrebbero limitare le forniture energetiche globali e continuare a far salire i prezzi, colpendo duramente i consumatori a meno di interventi governativi. Si stima che l'Unione Europea (UE) abbia pagato 100 miliardi di euro in più per petrolio e gas quest'anno, spingendo i ministri dell'UE a cercare modi
Nonostante la guerra in Iran e la crisi di Hormuz, la produzione chimica a basso costo del Medio Oriente è destinata a conservare il suo vantaggio a lungo termine rispetto ad altre regioni. Sono in corso cambiamenti a breve termine nell'approvvigionamento di polimeri a causa degli attuali vincoli nella base industriale del Golfo Persico, a vantaggio delle aziende chimiche statunitensi. Tuttavia, nel lungo periodo, il Medio Oriente probabilmente manterrà la sua base di acquirenti perché possiede ancora le due leve per essere competitivo sul mercato globale: un'ampia base produttiva e, soprattut
Durante i primi tre mesi circa della guerra tra Stati Uniti, Israele e Iran, l'umore dominante sui mercati petroliferi era che il conflitto sarebbe finito da un momento all'altro. Il breve cessate il fuoco di giugno ha rafforzato quell'ottimismo, quindi ci è voluto un po' più di tempo per affrontare i fatti: la guerra non sarebbe finita da un momento all'altro. Potrebbe addirittura protrarsi fino al prossimo anno, e questo significa prezzi più alti per un periodo più lungo. Il contratto futures ICE Brent per gennaio 2027 viene scambiato a 102,59 dollari al barile. Il contratto di giugno 2027 è
I prezzi del petrolio sono leggermente saliti mentre gli attacchi alle navi cisterna in Medio Oriente e l'uragano Isaias hanno accresciuto le preoccupazioni sull'offerta.
I prezzi del petrolio sono arretrati martedì, invertendo i recenti guadagni mentre gli investitori valutavano i segnali di ripresa delle esportazioni da parte dei produttori mediorientali rispetto all'incertezza che circonda il destino della guerra in Iran. Il greggio Brent con consegna a novembre è sceso dell'1,5% a 103,72 dollari al barile alle 13:10 ET, mentre il greggio WTI con consegna a ottobre è sceso del 2,2% a 90,62 dollari al barile. Le esportazioni di greggio dalla regione sono salite a 15,5 milioni di barili al giorno a settembre, pari a oltre l'80% dei livelli prebellici e al live
The VLCC market has reached levels that would have sounded absurd only months ago. Middle East-China earnings have pushed beyond $1m a day, Atlantic routes have surged into the hundreds of thousands and secondhand values have exploded to the point where rust-stained 15-year-old VLCCs are changing hands for more than newbuilds. The argument now dividing …
The defining feature of the current asset market is not limited to five-year-old tonnage trading above newbuilding prices. Repricing spans the entire age curve and intensifies with vessel age. VLCC values are up 30% year-over-year at five years, 42% at ten years, 61% at fifteen years, and 90% at twenty years. The Suezmax curve shows ...
Iran on Monday dismissed as “laughable” a Truth Social AI-generated post by U.S. President Donald Trump that the key Iranian oil export hub of Kharg Island is “being blown to smithereens”, as tensions in the Middle East boiled up again with U.S. attacks and Iranian claims of retaliatory strikes. President Trump late on Sunday posted an AI-generated video on his Truth Social platform, with the caption “Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!! President DJT”. In response to the post, Iran on Monday said, via…
There is always a winner in any major global oil crisis. In 1973/74, it was Saudi Arabia and its OPEC brothers who shifted the balance of power in the market away from the previous arrangement dominated by the West’s ‘Seven Sisters’ to the oil producers of the Middle East. After the 2014-2016 Oil Price War, it was the U.S. whose earlier nascent shale oil sector resisted the threat to its very existence from Saudi Arabia and OPEC, reorganising into a meaner, leaner, lower-cost oil production machine. The U.S. was the winner again…
The intra-Asia container freight market strengthened for a third consecutive week as unrest in the Middle East and typhoon-related disruption across China tightened capacity and pushed rates higher on most major trades. Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI), a benchmark widely monitored by procurement teams, rose 6% week on week on 20 August, to $1,091 per 40ft, and the consultant expects prices to continue increasing in the coming weeks, supported by persistent ... The post War and weather continue to limit intra-Asia capacity and keep rates high appeared first on The Loadstar .
Crude oil is “very quietly” moving through the Strait of Hormuz at a premium of about $10/b, but products are not, leading to a “very strange” market dynamic with bearish crude and bullish fuel, TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne said Aug. 24, while restating the company’s commitment to the Middle East. Speaking at the ONS oil ...
Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore — countries that share the primary stewardship of the Strait of Malacca — said on Tuesday they were committed to keeping the narrow corridor and the waters around it “free, open and safe for international shipping.”
Equinor sees a multi-billion LNG export project in Tanzania becoming more attractive for development amid the Middle East conflict that has crippled liquefied natural gas supply through the Strait of Hormuz, a senior executive at the Norwegian energy major said on Tuesday. However, Equinor and its co-operator of the project, Shell, have been locked in difficult negotiations with the government and authorities in Tanzania for years and the provisional Tanzania LNG project has not advanced much this decade. “You don't want to wait too long…
U.S. refineries have been running at full speed for months to make up for lost fuel supply from the Middle East. Fuel exports from the United States have been breaking records. This may be about to change, and not because of the war. It is oil sands maintenance season in Canada. In September, Canadian crude oil production may drop by 300,000 barrels daily due to maintenance activities in the oil sands, Rystad Energy said this week, as quoted by Bloomberg. Usually, whenever such a seasonal disruption occurs, it gets offset with crude from storage.…
Rotterdam Rotterdam’s LNG bunker price has jumped by $70/mt, mirroring gains in the front-month Dutch TTF natural gas contract. Over the past week, TTF has climbed by around 6% to $22.41/MMBtu ($1,165/mt). The latest rally in TTF prices has been driven by the escalating US-Iran tensions and growing concerns over energy shipments through the Strait ...
The LNG shipping market is witnessing the emergence of Mexico’s LNG export corridor, underlying the growing influence of the Pacific LNG trade. In its latest weekly report, shipbroker Intermodal said that “amid broader uncertainty in the LNG market, the outlook is being shaped by disruptions to Middle Eastern flows, an uncertain Qatari recovery, and Europe’s ...
U.S. offshore engineering and construction player McDermott has won an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) assignment for a gas development project off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), enabling it to deliver one of the Middle East’s heaviest offshore topsides. The post McDermott clinches over $1 billion EPCI job for ADNOC’s $6.2B giant gas project appeared first on Offshore Energy .
