Mar 18, 2026 · Crude oil prices have surged more than 70% this year, but there's the potential to go much higher to new records.

Jun 16, 2025 · Markets, as always, are focusing on what they can most easily quantify — the oil price. The consensus, which seems sensible to us, is that while prices might go higher from here, the …

Apr 13, 2026 · On Sunday, the main international benchmark for prices surged more than 8 percent to top $103 a barrel after US President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a naval blockade on …

Mar 20, 2026 · When crude prices surge quickly, refiners often can’t pass those costs through immediately, and their margins can shrink. In fact, refiners often perform best when oil prices are falling.

Apr 14, 2026 · As a result of the acute energy commodity shortages stemming from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, oil appears to have reached a point where it is now so expensive that overseas …

Sep 23, 2025 · Forecasts of an oil glut clash with reality. Prices stay stable because sanctions on Russia and China’s ongoing crude imports/storage keep supply-demand tighter than forecasters assume. …

Mar 3, 2026 · The rise in the oil price so far complicates the outlook, but does not resemble past energy crises.

Jan 22, 2024 · Put simply: the war has not caused any reduction in the world’s overall supply of oil so far, and demand remains constrained by uncertainty in the global economic outlook.

Jun 25, 2025 · Despite initial shocks, oil prices have dropped over 7% since US intervention, defying analyst expectations and highlighting market resilience to geopolitical tensions.

Jun 16, 2025 · Much is at stake. Markets, as always, are focusing on what they can most easily quantify — the oil price. The consensus, which seems sensible to us, is that while prices might go higher from …