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Oil prices are sliding across benchmarks as expectations of additional Iranian supply add to already rising global output. Buyers are not absorbing the extra barrels fast enough, reviving concerns that the market is tipping into a crude glut.
8:31 AMBloomberg MarketsTotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné said Middle East producers are eager to sell crude stockpiled during the recent Persian Gulf conflict. He said gasoline and diesel inventories remain tight because shipping concerns constrain product flows.
5:49 AMBloomberg MarketsUkraine struck a major oil terminal in St Petersburg, with President Volodymyr Zelensky framing the target as revenue-generating infrastructure for Russia's war effort. The attack signals a continued focus on energy assets that support Russian state finances.
2:41 PMBBCUkrainian forces struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg with drones overnight, according to local officials. The attack targeted energy infrastructure in Russia’s second largest city.
4:07 AMBloomberg MarketsVladimir Putin signed tax amendments designed to increase gasoline supplies in Russia's domestic market. The changes aim to redirect fuel away from exports and stabilize local availability and pricing.
11:42 AMBloomberg MarketsSummary
Oil prices are sliding across benchmarks as expectations of additional Iranian supply add to already rising global output. Buyers are not absorbing the extra barrels fast enough, reviving concerns that the market is tipping into a crude glut.
Why it matters
Cheaper oil reshapes inflation, producer budgets, and energy investment, and it can force policy and production responses that move global markets quickly.
Summary
TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné said Middle East producers are eager to sell crude stockpiled during the recent Persian Gulf conflict. He said gasoline and diesel inventories remain tight because shipping concerns constrain product flows.
Why it matters
Even if crude supply loosens, tight fuel inventories can keep inflation-sensitive gasoline and diesel prices elevated.
Summary
Ukraine struck a major oil terminal in St Petersburg, with President Volodymyr Zelensky framing the target as revenue-generating infrastructure for Russia's war effort. The attack signals a continued focus on energy assets that support Russian state finances.
Why it matters
Any sustained disruption to Russian oil logistics can lift crude and refined-product risk premia and reshape near-term supply expectations tracked by the EIA.
Summary
Ukrainian forces struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg with drones overnight, according to local officials. The attack targeted energy infrastructure in Russia’s second largest city.
Why it matters
Deep strikes on Russian oil infrastructure can tighten regional supply and add a geopolitical risk premium to crude and refined product prices.
Summary
Vladimir Putin signed tax amendments designed to increase gasoline supplies in Russia's domestic market. The changes aim to redirect fuel away from exports and stabilize local availability and pricing.
Why it matters
Fuel-tax tweaks in a major exporter can quickly reshape gasoline trade flows and prices that feed into inflation and energy balances watched by the US-EIA.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will keep building crude oil refineries to strengthen supply chain security. He framed the push as necessary even as many Western countries shut refining units.
5:12 AMBloomberg MarketsSummary
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will keep building crude oil refineries to strengthen supply chain security. He framed the push as necessary even as many Western countries shut refining units.
Why it matters
More Indian refining capacity can reshape regional fuel trade flows and locks in long-lived fossil infrastructure that will influence both inflation and climate diplomacy.
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