Global oil benchmark Brent crude has rallied this month but stayed below $100 a barrel despite recent escalation in the US-Iran conflict that has disrupted Gulf exports from the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea, Reuters reports.
Crude oil shipments from Middle East producers are at about 11 million barrels per day (bpd) now, from 18 million bpd before the Iran war began seven months ago, according to Argus.
In the week before fighting erupted again on August 30, roughly 8 million to 9 million bpd had been flowing through Hormuz, double the previous week’s volume, said Rystad Energy’s Chief Economist Claudio Galimberti.
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