OPEC+ is raising oil output for a sixth straight month, completing its 2023 cut rollback
Seven core OPEC+ members approved a 188,000 barrel-per-day increase for September, finishing the phased reversal of 1.65 million bpd in voluntary cuts [...]
U.S. is letting Iranian oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, Bessent says
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says the U.S. is allowing Iranian oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz to keep global oil markets well supplied. [...]
China’s electric taxis are blunting the Hormuz oil shock, but only at the margins
China’s crude oil imports fell 41.3% in June from a year earlier to 29.27 million tonnes, the lowest monthly total since October 2016, according to customs data released on 14 July. Five months in [...]
The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Closed for 100 Days. Why Aren’t Oil Prices Higher?
President Donald Trump says a secret mission moved 100 million barrels of oil through the blocked Strait of Hormuz. That number is impossible to verify. [...]