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Japan will spend an additional $19.4 billion to cushion the inflation blow to Japanese households resulting from the oil and gas export flow disruption in the Middle East. The package, approved by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi this week, includes a $16-billion reserve fund specifically created for controlling energy commodity prices through additional subsidies, Bloomberg reported. […]

Industrial action at the Ichthys LNG project offshore Australia has started to affect loadings, with Reuters reporting that one tanker has been delayed as a result of the limited strike. The strike, limited to two hours in the mornings and two hours in the evenings, began earlier this week, after trade unions representing workers at

Tightening crude oil supply will lead to consumer behavior changes in the second half of the year as the imbalance with demand pushes inflation higher, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs has warned. Speaking at an industry event in New York, David Solomon suggested consumers are already changing their behavior in response to higher energy

Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Wednesday after yet another escalation in the Middle East, with Iran firing missiles at Kuwait and Bahrain, and the U.S. firing on and disabling an oil tanker heading toward Iran. At the time of writing, Brent front-month futures had climbed 1.09% to trade at $97.05 per barrel,

In a somewhat puzzling market development, oil prices haven’t spiked yet to record highs amid the worst supply disruption in history. That’s because the market still hopes for a quick resolution to the Strait of Hormuz crisis (for more than three months now), global inventories have offered a supply buffer, the world’s top crude importer,

Late last year, when India and Oman officially signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), there was no war with Iran cutting off the Strait of Hormuz, and the advanced timing of this now is turning out to be more fortuitous than initially expected. The agreement came into effect on June 1st, just in time

The Iran War and the oil and gas market disruption it has caused have prompted a massive drop in Chinese crude oil imports. These were estimated at a little over 6 million barrels daily last month, down from almost 11.40 million barrels daily in February. The twist: China is the country that can afford such

The recent summit meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin ending on 20 May raised more questions than answers for many observers, probably including Putin himself. There was the standard announcement of several deals signed to boost cooperation in matters of the economy, trade, education, science, and technology. And there

在美国总统特朗普为缓和黎巴嫩紧张局势而采取的外交努力使大宗商品市场趋于平静后，油价涨势失去动力，全球油价走低，原油价格也从此前数周高位回落。截至美国东部时间凌晨4点45分，8月交割的布伦特原油期货价格下跌1.71美元，至每桶93.35美元；而WTI原油期货价格也出现下跌。

India’s inflation is set to accelerate to 4.8% in the fiscal year 2027, if oil prices average $90 per barrel through March next year, Indian wealth and asset manager 360 ONE Capital said in a report on Tuesday. “Our revised base case assumes de-escalation by mid-June, with crude oil averaging $90/bbl in FY27,” the asset