Today, as part of Operation Economic Outcast, Treasury is targeting the remnants of Iran’s shadow fleet: the aging network of tankers the regime relies on to move billions of dollars’ worth of petroleum and petroleum products to foreign markets. Today’s action effectively
Very good piece "The result is a trade relationship that has become more lopsided than the headline figures suggest. Falling prices in China mean that trade measured by value understates the sheer volume of Chinese goods entering Europe" 2/2 https://t.co/eOgu6xEn7g
The first hurricane of the North Atlantic season: Isais, which has formed inside the US Gulf of Mexico. On current tracking forecast, the threat is limited to GoM oil production. Crucially, little refining capacity in Alabama (3 refineries in total, with ~140,000 of capacity).
The good news: US average retail prices for both gasoline and diesel have pulled back from their recent peaks. The less good news: both remain elevated and face an uncertain outlook. AAA data below. #economy #markets #gas #diesel #energy https://t.co/8ue41ZiQy2
At $4.41 national average as of October 1, gasoline is much higher than it was in any October for past five years and well above October 2022 (last energy shock year) @charliebilello @JohnFMauldin @AAA_Travel https://t.co/cKX3iitC1e
One thing that is not in the textbooks: the wild gyrations in gold (imports, then exports) and pharmaceuticals, triggered by anticipation of possible tariffs that never materialized 1/2 https://t.co/OCCIYUYLXh 引用 @mattyglesias:Trade deficit is a function of savings dynamics and capital flows, not
I don't think Mr. Balding quite understands how the game is played -- the effort to negotiate a voluntary export restraint wasn't really aimed at China, but rather at maintaining unity in Europe. Šefčovič had to try ... 1/2 引用 @BaldingsWorld:I can't believe I am seeing so much shock that China e
Vitol CEO said the oil market has gone through three distinctive phases, at this overlapping each other: 1) a crude crisis; 2) followed by a refined product crisis; and now 3) a shipping crisis. On the later, my @Opinion column from September 🚢⤵️https://t.co/F71hgrvkBg
A pullback in oil prices sent stocks to all-time highs, with Wall Street also buoyed by renewed enthusiasm about the artificial-intelligence trade that has powered the bull market. https://t.co/YWr3Vi8dP1 https://t.co/oC6gDrTLjg
EIA expects lower natural gas and propane heating costs this winter. #STEO 💻 https://t.co/B65OLrQr4J Register now for the Tuesday, October 13, NASEO webinar featuring our newest Winter Fuels Outlook. 💻 https://t.co/MLrOGdIjlW https://t.co/o3M5ARnLKB
Excellent roundtable conversation alongside @Erica_Downs_ on China’s Hormuz response (Beijing Swing!) and what it has revealed to us about China’s vastly underappreciated [discretionary] oil market influence. Huge thanks to @reziemba for the invitation and to @CNASdc for hosting
Gosh, $200/bbl oil? Who would ever put such an outrageous number out there... 😅 引用 @OilHeadlineNews:Vitol chief warns of tanker shortage and risk of $200-a-barrel oil Head of world’s largest independent oil trader says shipping squeeze is creating new bottleneck despite increased Gulf flows @sta
Early in the war I wondered why we didn't see more ships risking the journey across Hormuz for big profits despite obvious danger Easily enough spread—early in the war Gulf oil prices were functionally negative—to pay for sky-high insurance & crew hazard pay Well, we got there: https://t.co/f8IwKE
Shell CEO Wael Sawan on the new conversation around energy: “I think there's a recognition once again that you cannot have national security without energy security. You cannot have an industrial or an economic strategy that is not underpinned with a solid energy strategy.”
“I prefer the world of disruption” - TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne (It says a lot about the trading a capabilities of TotalEnergies — and the money it is going to make this year shipping crude via Strait of Hormuz)
Hormuz oil flows rose to their highest level of the war and then the number of successful Iranian strikes on Hormuz tankers spiked over the past week, Hormuz flow appearing to slow somewhat. Had heard that even before this latest escalation CENTCOM was regularly intercepting
Some questions I have about the recent escalation of Iranian strikes: https://t.co/hsAzkec3dE 引用 @Rory_Johnston:Hormuz oil flows rose to their highest level of the war and then the number of successful Iranian strikes on Hormuz tankers spiked over the past week, Hormuz flow appearing to slow somewh