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The global oil market is facing a severe and immediate supply shock. According to Ed Morse, senior advisor and commodities analyst at Hartree Partners, the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz is now causing the world to lose at least 10 million barrels of oil per day. This figure represents a massive and sudden constric...
A tropical cyclone has forced major production disruptions at three of Australia's largest LNG export facilities, dealing a second blow to global gas markets already reeling from a supply shock in the Gulf. The outages at the Gorgon, Wheatstone, and North West Shelf plants—which collectively account for roughly 8.4% of...
A critical 17% of Qatar's global LNG export capacity is now offline, potentially for years, after an attack on the Ras Laffan facility. This sudden disruption, causing an estimated $20 billion in annual revenue loss, directly challenges a core Goldman Sachs forecast of an imminent 'largest-ever LNG supply wave' that wo...
The energy market shockwaves from the conflict with Iran are forcing a fundamental and rapid unwinding of the dominant, crowded trades that have defined global markets since the Trump-era tariff wars. This isn't a routine correction; it's a structural shift as the geopolitical risk premium in oil violently reprices lon...
Europe's diesel market is in the grip of a severe supply shock, with benchmark prices surging past $200 a barrel to their highest level since 2022. This dramatic spike signals a deepening crisis as key supplies are being diverted away from the continent, tightening an already strained market and threatening to push ene...
With roughly 12% of global oil flow currently blocked at the Strait of Hormuz, OPEC+ has approved a largely symbolic output increase of 206,000 barrels per day, contingent on the critical waterway reopening. The move underscores the cartel's limited ability to offset the immediate supply shock from the regional conflic...
A staggering 9 million barrels per day of crude oil production from key Middle Eastern countries is projected to be shut in this April, according to US government estimates. This massive disruption, triggered by the ongoing war in Iran, is already upending the fundamental calculus of global energy markets, threatening ...
A critical supply shock is imminent as the last oil tankers to transit the Strait of Hormuz before the outbreak of conflict with Iran are scheduled to unload their cargoes in the coming days. This event marks a hard stop to the flow of crude from the world's most important oil chokepoint, severing a primary artery for ...
The global aluminum market is facing a severe supply shock, with prices on the London Metal Exchange surging to $3,621 a ton, nearing the peak seen during Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. This crisis has been triggered by the escalating U.S.-Iran conflict in the Middle East, which has directly impacted critical produ...
Geneva-based commodities trading house Mercuria has flagged what analysts describe as an unprecedented supply shock in the global aluminum market, driven by severe disruptions in the Gulf region. Nick Snowdon, a commodities analyst at Mercuria, delivered the stark assessment at the Financial Times Commodities Global Su...