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Energy & Commodities · Nov 4, 2026 · 6 min read
Shipping and insurance costs have passed one-third of crude's value this year, OPEC's Secretary General told an online workshop that OPEC, the IEA and the IEF convened on 4 November. For producing and consuming economies…
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Energy & Commodities · Nov 3, 2026 · 9 min read
The International Energy Agency projects a 3% fall in global LNG supply in 2026, the steepest on record, and warns low European…
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Energy & Commodities · Oct 17, 2026 · 4 min read
Brent's front month settled at 109.86 dollars a barrel on 16 October, 3.72 percent higher on the day and its highest settlement…
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Energy & Commodities · Oct 16, 2026 · 5 min read
The 32 member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA) have released approximately 330 million barrels of emergency oil stocks under the…
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Energy & Commodities · Oct 14, 2026 · 3 min read
Crude oil exports from Gulf producers, led by Saudi Arabia, surged by 4.4 million barrels a day to 13.9 million in September,…
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Energy & Commodities · Oct 11, 2026 · 5 min read
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has invited all 32 of its member governments, including those that have already delivered their March pledges…
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Energy & Commodities · Oct 8, 2026 · 2 min read
International Energy Agency member governments backed speeding up the oil stock releases agreed in March so they can be completed as soon…
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Energy & Commodities · Oct 7, 2026 · 3 min read
European Union countries expect the 75 million barrels still unreleased from the International Energy Agency's March action to count toward the 100…
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Energy & Commodities · Oct 3, 2026 · 3 min read
G7 leaders agreed on 2 October to release 100 million barrels in a coordinated action through the International Energy Agency. The release…
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Macro · Sep 23, 2026 · 3 min read
Electricity could cost effectively meet 33 percent of the world's final energy consumption by 2035, against 23 percent today, and faster electrification…
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Energy & Commodities · Sep 16, 2026 · 4 min read
LNG exports from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates fell by 43 billion cubic metres year on year between March and July,…
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Energy & Commodities · Sep 11, 2026 · 5 min read
World oil demand will fall by 2.5 million barrels a day in 2026, the International Energy Agency said, cutting its forecast by…
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Energy & Commodities · Aug 24, 2026 · 3 min read
The International Energy Agency is not discussing a second coordinated release of emergency oil stocks for now, Executive Director Fatih Birol said…
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Energy & Commodities · Aug 21, 2026 · 1 min read
The International Energy Agency published the second episode of a three-part series on drilling this week, and the argument inside it is…
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IEA · Aug 12, 2026 · 6 min read
World oil demand will fall by one point six million barrels a day in 2026, a deeper contraction than the one million…
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Markets · Jul 25, 2026 · 3 min read
Global electricity demand is set to grow about 3.6 percent in 2026 and about 3.8 percent in 2027, accelerating from around 3…
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Markets · Jul 21, 2026 · 5 min read
The International Energy Agency has warned that the security of oil supply has come under renewed strain, saying that an escalation in…
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Energy & Commodities · Jul 11, 2026 · 3 min read
Global oil supply rebounded by a sharp 4.1 million barrels a day to 98.8 million barrels a day in June as tanker…
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International Organizations · Jul 10, 2026 · 3 min read
The heads of the International Energy Agency, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank Group and the World Trade Organization said the…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 19, 2026 · 4 min read
OPEC and the International Energy Agency have collided publicly over the direction of the oil market, with OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al Ghais…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 17, 2026 · 5 min read
The International Energy Agency sharply lowered its 2026 oil demand and supply forecasts in its June Oil Market Report, published on 17…
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International Organizations · Jun 13, 2026 · 12 min read
Artificial intelligence is becoming a structural force in global electricity markets. The issue is no longer only the power used by individual…
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International Organizations · Jun 10, 2026 · 7 min read
The Suez Canal recorded a clear recovery signal in April 2026, as oil tanker traffic increased sharply amid the effective closure and…
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International Organizations · Jun 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Kuwait's reported offer of crude cargoes to Asian refiners marks an important but still cautious signal for Gulf energy markets. Market reporting…
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International Organizations · Jun 9, 2026 · 7 min read
The U.S. trade deficit narrowed modestly in April 2026, but the underlying data reveal a more important shift in the structure of…
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Geopolitics · Jun 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Oil prices surged sharply on Monday as renewed tensions in the Middle East revived fears of potential disruption to global energy flows…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 5, 2026 · 6 min read
China's crude oil buying has slowed sharply, creating an unusual stabilizing effect for global oil markets at a time of major disruption…
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Macro · Jun 4, 2026 · 7 min read
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation signals crude production could recover to nearly 70% of normal levels within 6–8 weeks of the Strait of Hormuz…
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Markets · Jun 2, 2026 · 6 min read
A Hormuz disruption is a resilience test, not a uniform shock. Oman has geographic flexibility, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have alternative…
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Macro · May 28, 2026 · 5 min read
Global energy investment is set to reach $3.4 trillion in 2026 (+~5% y/y), with oil spending falling below $500 billion for a…
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International Organizations · May 21, 2026 · 2 min read
The International Energy Agency expects global electric vehicle sales to keep growing in 2026, supported by higher fuel prices, lower battery costs,…
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International Organizations · May 15, 2026 · 2 min read
The Iran war is disrupting one of the market's usual relationships: oil and the US dollar are rising together.Normally, a stronger dollar…
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Shipping and insurance costs have passed one-third of crude’s value this year, OPEC’s Secretary General told an online workshop that OPEC, the IEA and the IEF convened on 4 November. For producing and consuming economies alike, that puts the cost of moving and insuring a cargo at more than a third of what the crude…
The International Energy Agency projects a 3% fall in global LNG supply in 2026, the steepest on record, and warns low European storage could keep markets tight into 2027. For gas importers in Europe and Asia, the review warns that competition for a small pool of flexible cargoes could intensify this winter. Prices are already…
Brent’s front month settled at 109.86 dollars a barrel on 16 October, 3.72 percent higher on the day and its highest settlement since 19 May, capping a rebuild from the 22 September trough of 99.45 that is worth 10.41 dollars, or 10.5 percent, across the late September contract roll, on our calculation. The Edge’s new…
The 32 member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA) have released approximately 330 million barrels of emergency oil stocks under the collective action agreed in March, and the total will now exceed the 400 million barrels originally pledged, the agency’s Governing Board said on 15 October. The Board agreed to accelerate the remaining volumes,…
Crude oil exports from Gulf producers, led by Saudi Arabia, surged by 4.4 million barrels a day to 13.9 million in September, reaching more than 75 percent of pre-war levels, the International Energy Agency said in its Oil Market Report on 14 October. Global oil supply rose 2.5 million barrels a day on the month…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has invited all 32 of its member governments, including those that have already delivered their March pledges in full, to assess whether additional diesel releases are needed, in a letter from Executive Director Fatih Birol, announced by the agency on 11 October, ahead of its Governing Board meeting on 15…
International Energy Agency member governments backed speeding up the oil stock releases agreed in March so they can be completed as soon as possible, and supported giving priority to diesel where they can, the agency said after a meeting on 7 October. It cited the current tightness in diesel markets. Approximately 100 million barrels pledged…
European Union countries expect the 75 million barrels still unreleased from the International Energy Agency’s March action to count toward the 100 million barrels the Group of Seven agreed on 2 October, 2 EU diplomats told Reuters on 7 October, as the agency’s members and the EU’s oil coordination group met to discuss the plan….
G7 leaders agreed on 2 October to release 100 million barrels in a coordinated action through the International Energy Agency. The release starts immediately and runs over 4 months, with a substantial diesel release front-loaded into the first 20 days by G7 members and partners. On our calculation, that is a notional average of about…
Electricity could cost effectively meet 33 percent of the world’s final energy consumption by 2035, against 23 percent today, and faster electrification could leave the world using 18 million fewer barrels of oil a day than it otherwise would, the International Energy Agency said in a special report published on Tuesday. The report was prepared…