Global oil prices are defying expectations, staying below $100 a barrel even after the Strait of Hormuz was effectively blocked. Record US oil exports and a significant drop in Chinese demand are helping to absorb the shock. Strategic reserves have been released and alternative routes are being used.

The artificial manipulation of oil prices will cease sooner rather than later, and the impact on the global oil market will be massive.

HOUSTON/NEW YORK, June 5 : Global oil inventories are running dangerously low as a deal to re-open tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has proven elusive, and industry…

Global oil prices are defying expectations, staying below $100 a barrel even after the Strait of Hormuz was effectively blocked. Record US oil exports and a significant drop in…

Oil prices remain below $100 despite the Strait of Hormuz closure. New all-time high by September 30 at 18% YES.