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Japan is exploring an unconventional financial maneuver: using its position in the global oil market as a lever to support its faltering currency. The government has signaled it might intervene in oil markets as an indirect strategy to bolster the yen, a move that highlights the acute pressure from soaring energy impor...
China's industrial sector posted a sharp profit surge in early 2026, a temporary boom that preceded the severe market disruption triggered by the war in the Middle East. Data for January and February showed a significant jump in earnings for the nation's industrial enterprises, highlighting a period of relative stabili...
The global oil market is bracing for a severe shock, according to a former senior US energy official, who warns that the widening Middle East conflict threatens to disrupt the world's most critical oil chokepoint. Randa Fahmy, a former US associate deputy energy secretary, stated the conflict is likely to extend for a ...
Major chemical and energy giants are pushing higher prices for plastics onto customers, a direct response to supply shocks rippling from the escalating US-Israeli war on Iran. Dow Inc. and Exxon Mobil Corp. are leading the charge, signaling immediate pressure on a critical industrial sector as geopolitical conflict con...
The world's largest oil traders have issued a stark warning: the market disruption from the Iran war will persist for months, even if a peace deal is reached imminently. Speaking at the FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, executives cautioned that the 'rewiring' of global oil flows is a protracted process, with s...
The reported decision by the United Arab Emirates to exit OPEC has sent tremors through global energy markets, reportedly blindsiding key partners within the cartel that have maintained cooperative ties for six decades. The move, if confirmed, would represent one of the most significant fractures in the organization's ...
The United Arab Emirates announced its departure from OPEC on Tuesday, ending nearly 60 years of membership and dealing a significant blow to the cartel's ability to influence global oil markets. As the fourth-largest producer within the organization, the UAE's exit signals a fracture in the alliance that has long gove...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has moved to capitalize on its newfound operational independence, lining up $55 billion in project awards across upstream and downstream segments in the weeks following the UAE's formal departure from OPEC on May 1. The timing signals a deliberate pivot in the emirate's energy strategy, a...
The U.S. Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into at least four suspicious oil-market transactions in which traders collectively profited by more than $2.6 billion, according to sources familiar with the matter. The probe, which is being conducted in coordination with the Commodity Futures Trading ...