Category: Price, Inflation, Shortages.& Tariffs
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Major OPEC producers are cutting crude oil prices
Major OPEC producers are cutting crude oil prices to win back customers, increasing competition and potentially pushing global prices down.
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ENI Caps Petrol and Diesel Prices to Charm Meloni
Eni caps petrol and diesel prices in Italy, raising questions over whether affordability policy also serves a political charm offensive.
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Oil Companies Are Making a Historic Pricing Mistake
High gasoline and diesel prices risk angering US voters and creating political trouble for the oil industry ahead of November’s midterms.
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Middle East Oil Flows Recover to 80% of Pre-War Levels
Middle East oil transport has recovered to 80% of pre-war levels, easing supply concerns while regional shipping risks remain.
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South Korea Sends Fuel to help Russia
Russia is not importing crude oil from South Korea, but refined petroleum products. The imports followed Ukrainian strikes that disrupted Russian refinery capacity and tightened domestic fuel supply.
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EIA Raises Oil Price Forecast
EIA raises its oil price forecast as Middle East disruptions tighten global supplies, drain inventories and push Brent expectations higher.
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China Turns to Iraqi Oil as Iranian Supplies Collapse
Chinese refiners turn to Iraqi and Qatari crude as Iranian supplies fall sharply, tightening margins and reshaping Asia’s oil trade.
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World Burns Through Its Oil Safety Buffer
Global oil inventories are shrinking rapidly, leaving the market increasingly vulnerable to fresh supply disruptions, geopolitical shocks and refinery shortages.
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Aramco: Global Oil Inventories Could Take 2 Years to Recover
Aramco warns global crude and fuel inventories could take two years to recover as supply disruptions continue tightening energy markets.
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Trump: Ukraine Is Responsible for Expensive U.S. Fuel
Trump points the finger at Ukraine, blaming refinery attacks on Russia for pushing up fuel prices and inflation across energy markets.
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EU and Ukraine undermine efforts to normalise oil market
Ukraine says its strikes have affected facilities representing 51% of Russian refining capacity, disrupting operations and increasing pressure on fuel supplies.
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EU faces gas shortages
Gazprom warns Europe faces a difficult autumn-winter season as gas supply risks, storage levels and geopolitical uncertainty continue to weigh.
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Saudi Aramco Cuts Oil Prices
Saudi Aramco cuts Asian crude prices to a six-year low as regional oil flows recover and supply conditions improve.
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Middle East Oil Exports Are Returning to Normal
Middle East oil exports are returning toward normal levels despite tanker attacks, shipping risks and persistently high logistics costs.
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EU’s Inflation Nightmare Is Back
Eurozone inflation hit a three-year high in September as energy prices surged, increasing pressure on the ECB to raise interest rates.
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Trump Puts France and Germany Under Pressure Over Diesel
Trump pressures France and Germany over diesel reserves, exposing Europe’s energy vulnerability and the declining leverage of its biggest economies.
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India buys Cheap Iraqi Crude
India secures deeply discounted Iraqi crude as regional disruptions reshape oil flows and create unusually attractive buying opportunities for Asian refiners.
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Biofuels Are Cannibalizing Bioplastics
EU biofuel mandates are driving up renewable feedstock prices, squeezing bioplastics producers and intensifying competition for scarce bio-based raw materials.
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Middle East Tensions Boost European Chemical Distributors
Middle East tensions are lifting European chemical distributors’ margins as customers pay premiums for reliable supply amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty.
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Oil, Chemicals and Plastics on the Trump–Xi Agenda
Trump–Xi talks could reshape oil, chemicals and plastics through tariffs, Iranian crude, industrial overcapacity, critical minerals and supply-chain restrictions.
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The World Is Running Out of Oil Tankers
A global shortage of supertankers is driving freight costs higher, making long-distance crude shipments more expensive and squeezing refinery margins worldwide.
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McKinsey Report: Energy Security
A short summary of the McKinsey report on the Hormuz crisis and its impact on global energy security.
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The Price of Oil Is Hitting India Hard
India’s oil import bill jumped 48% despite lower volumes, as higher crude prices, tighter supplies and soaring freight costs hit hard.
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OPEC’s 2026 Oil Growth Forecast Is Evaporating
OPEC has slashed its 2026 oil demand growth forecast by 73%, raising questions about whether global demand could soon decline.
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Lotte Stops South Korea PET Recycling Project
Lotte cancels its planned PET chemical recycling plant, raising questions over whether industry confidence in advanced recycling is beginning to fade.
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Ineos Stops Production in the UK
Ineos halts UK production as soaring gas costs deepen Europe’s industrial crisis, prompting a satirical swipe at government economic policy.
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Belgium’s Gas Supply Falls
Belgium enters winter with lower gas arrivals as Ukraine continues disrupting the energy infrastructure Europe once relied on.
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Saudi Arabia’s Biggest Oil Pipeline Hit
Saudi Arabia’s largest oil pipeline was reportedly damaged by a drone attack, disrupting Red Sea exports and pressuring global oil markets.
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Was There Insider Trading in the Oil Futures Market?
Suspicious oil trades before a major Trump announcement raised insider-trading concerns, prompting scrutiny of who knew what, and when.
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Oil Prices Triple Depending on Location
Oil prices are diverging sharply worldwide as shipping disruptions make geography increasingly important, creating huge premiums and discounts between crude grades.
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Trump vs China: The Oil Price War
Trump’s Iran strategy may squeeze China’s oil lifelines, boost American crude, and push Beijing into an even tighter energy alliance with Russia.
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EU Blames China for the Collapse of Its Chemical and Plastics Industry
Europe blames China for its industrial decline, but Brussels may need to confront how much of the damage is self-inflicted.
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EU May Limit Cheap Chemical and Plastic Imports
EU countries are considering limits on cheap chemical and plastic imports to protect struggling European producers.
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Canada-US Trade War Reaches Plastics
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs now extend to selected U.S. plastic products, potentially reshaping sourcing, costs and cross-border supply chains.
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Oil Shock Sends Plastic Prices Higher
Oil’s surge toward $100 is lifting Chinese plastics and petrochemical prices, raising fears of higher costs across global supply chains.
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Goldman Sachs Warns of $120 Oil
Goldman Sachs warns intensifying Middle East shipping attacks could push oil prices toward $120 per barrel amid severe supply disruption risks.
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China Turns to Russian Oil as Middle East Supplies Tighten
China’s growing purchases of Russian oil could raise costs for smaller refiners and affect plastics production.
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The Naphtha Crunch Behind Asia’s Plastics Crisis
Rising naphtha costs are squeezing Asian plastics producers, worsening margins and exposing the region’s dependence on volatile petrochemical feedstocks.
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Plastic Giant Braskem Drowns in $11 Billion Debt
Mounting debt, cheaper imports and shrinking market share are pushing one of Latin America’s largest petrochemical producers into financial restructuring.
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US Builds the Next Oil Route While Europe Destroys the Old One
Sometimes the difference between American and European strategic thinking can be summed up in a pipeline.
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The Albanian oil scandal
Albania produces oil. So why are Albanians paying more than €2 a litre at the pump—and where does the country’s oil money actually go?
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How China Took One for the Team to Keep Oil Markets Stable
China’s Lower Oil Imports Helped Stabilize the Global Market
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India Signals a New Era in Global Crude Procurement
India’s state-owned Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd. (MRPL) has become the country’s first refiner to formally instruct crude oil suppliers to avoid shipments transiting the Red Sea and the Strait of Hormuz in a spot crude tender.
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Exxon warns for increasing oil prices
Exxon warns oil inventories will hit dangerously low levels in weeks, forcing prices to shoot higher
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The Strait of Hormuz Blockade and American Strategic Interests
The recurring instability in the Strait of Hormuz often appears to harm global markets, but it can also create strategic advantages for the United States. As one of the world’s most important oil chokepoints, any tension in the region immediately raises energy prices, increases uncertainty, and reminds allies of the importance of maritime security. In…
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BASF to increase prices for additives in plastic applications
Source BASF to further increase prices for additives in plastic applications
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Biden’s stake in the Russian Ukraine conflict (Video Doc)
Watch View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kapitol.ai (@kapitolai) Personal Remarks Some politicians from the old guard, such as Joe Biden, seemed comfortable returning to a Cold War–style geopolitical framework. For them, it was familiar territory — almost a kind of comfort zone. It also shifted attention away from difficult domestic issues,…
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European Commission Releases Videos to Prepare for Energy Crisis
The European Commission has released several videos to help EU citizens prepare for the upcoming energy crisis.
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EU politicians have no brains according to Putin (Video)
Putin is right on this one. Europe has no shortage of politicians, yet we still seem to take every possible wrong turn. From a geopolitical and geostrategic perspective, the consequences have been disastrous for Europe.
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Greta Thunberg asks to stop oil embargo on Cuba
In March 2026, Greta Thunberg publicly demanded that the United States end its oil blockade and economic embargo on Cuba. She characterized the U.S. policy as a “brutal act of collective punishment” and “sanctions on steroids” that is depriving the Cuban people of basic survival needs. Source Google AI mode Watch Personal Remarks The world of…
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TotalEnergies CEO causes oil market crash
Watch the clip Satirical Note Relax, it’s a joke. In the middle of the ongoing energy crisis — fueled by geopolitical tensions, wars, sanctions, and the general sense that the global oil market runs on caffeine and panic — the financial world briefly believed it had just received the mother of all insider signals. The…
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BlackRock CEO warns of global recession if oil price hits $150
Personal Remarks A spike to $300 per barrel would trigger an immediate and total collapse of the EU. Europe is in a downward spiral, and Germany bears a fair share of the blame. Ursula von der Leyen’s aggressive push for the Green Deal, her crusade to cut off Russian gas, and her inability to connect…
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Shell CEO: Energy shortage to hit EU in April
Personal Remarks EU citizens are about to foot the bill for the bloc’s ‘masterclass’ in geopolitics. Source Energy shortages in Europe could hit by next month, warns Shell CEO
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Has the largest US oil refinery been sabotaged?
Personal Remarks What a bloody coincidence? Meanwhile, EU “care bear” politicians are busy meeting, consulting, drafting regulations, raising taxes, and giving interviews… Wait—hold on. Ursula is on TV making another speech… who cares? Honestly, nobody’s watching. I’ve often wondered how the Roman Empire actually collapsed. Maybe the answer is simple: the politicians were looking somewhere…
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Ukraine bombs oil and gas infrastructure supplying Europe
The port of Primorsk is Russia’s largest oil export terminal on the Baltic Sea, acting as the endpoint for the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS), which transports oil from West Siberia and northern Russia, as of March 2026. Due to recent drone attacks, export operations were suspended in March 2026, creating significant shipping bottlenecks for crude…
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Von der Leyen unveils ultimate solution to energy crisis
The Commission president floated a €30 billion “ETS investment booster” to help industry decarbonize. Personal remarks If you still haven’t realized Ursula is pulling a fast one on us… you must be the brightest bulb in a blackout. Source Von der Leyen promises ETS tweaks in ‘days’
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Energy Countdown has started for Belgium
Damage to a major gas production facility could take five years to repair, QatarEnergy’s CEO told Reuters. Europe’s insistence that it doesn’t face an energy supply crisis took a blow Thursday when Qatar warned it would have to scrap contracts with Italy and Belgium following a massive Iranian attack. Personal Remarks Satirical Game Scenario: “Poker…
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Greenland given to Trump if oil prices rises
Let’s play a completely hypothetical (and definitely not alarming) game: what would it take for Europe to hand over Greenland to Donald Trump—for free? Simple. All we need is oil to hit $350 per barrel and stay there for six straight months. At that point, European leaders might not just reconsider energy policy—they might start…
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Oil may reach 200$ /Barrel
Source Could oil hit $200 a barrel? Analysts no longer think it is far-fetched
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Japan selects US as primary oil and energy supplier
Japan recently solidified its energy security by signing $56 billion in deals with the U.S. for oil, gas, and LNG. Finalized at the Asia-Pacific Energy Security Forum on March 14, 2026, the agreement marks a strategic shift under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to reduce import risks and strengthen the U.S.-Japan economic alliance amidst global instability. Japan took a strategic decision: I have…
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Day One as Energy Advisor to the US Government
This is satire. Relax. It’s the sequel to this article: Day One as Energy Advisor to the European Commission Imagine that the US Government, hires me as their special advisor on energy policy because … they hire the best 😉 Day 1 — Hour 1 — Minute 1 Mr. Trump, The Europeans have shown you very…
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Oman Oil storage destroyed by drones (Videos)
A wave of drone strikes struck oil storage tanks at the Port of Salalah in southern Oman on Wednesday, setting several fuel tanks on fire and forcing a suspension of port activities.
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Energy Secretary Addresses US–Venezuelan Oil Relationship
I appreciate the transparency of U.S. policy. They don’t wrap it in moralistic rhetoric or claims of superiority like we often hear from the EU. With the current US policies, what you see is what you get. Watch View this post on Instagram A post shared by VICE News (@vicenews)
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Day One as Energy Advisor to the European Commission
This is satire. Relax. Imagine that the European Commission, in a moment of pure desperation during the current geopolitical energy fiasco, decides to hire me as their special advisor on energy policy. No committees.No task forces.No 600-page impact assessments. Just me. Naturally, I take my responsibilities very seriously. Day 1 — Hour 1 — Minute…
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Russia – EU Gas supply becomes a game of poker
I monitor all news related to the war in Iran that could affect oil prices.
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Terrorist attack targeting US Embassy in Oslo
I monitor all news related to the war in Iran that could affect oil prices.
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Qatar warns that oil prices could double to over $150 a barrel
Qatar’s energy minister, Saad al-Kaabi, warned that oil prices could double to over $150 a barrel, threatening global economies. He said the Middle East conflict could trigger a new energy crisis.
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Iraq (Basra) oil infrastructure destroyed (Video)
Watch View this post on Instagram A post shared by Danyal Alam (@global_military_forum)
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Goldman Sachs Analysis of Oil Market Impact from Iran Conflict
Oil jumped following US and Israeli strikes in Iran. Brent oil, the international benchmark, rose to $88 on Thursday, up from $61 at the end of last year. The impact of rising oil prices on the US economy will depend on the extent of transportation disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Goldman Sachs…
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France is first EU country to be hit by fuel shortage
Watch View this post on Instagram A post shared by @_fthis_jobmarket
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WTO ruling on EU tariffs shows pattern of discrimination against Indonesian palm
https://www.indonesiapalmoilfacts.com/gapki-wto-ruling-on-eu-tariffs-shows-pattern-of-discrimination-against-indonesian-palm
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Tariffs deal leads to Anti-Americanism, but where does it come from?
Europeans believe that they’re the butt of the joke regarding the latest EU-US tariff deal. Ursula von der Leyen betrayed the Europeans. She accepted a 15% tariff on EU goods with no countermeasure on US goods. She promised to invest € 600 billions in the US …. however, she doesn’t have the mandate to do…
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BASF cuts annual targets after earnings decline
Read https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/chemieindustrie-basf-kappt-nach-ergebnisrueckgang-jahresziele/100141093.html
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Soaring oil prices may accelerate global green energy transition
Read https://www.eco-business.com/news/soaring-oil-prices-may-accelerate-global-green-energy-transition
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Tariffs delay AgroRenew production plant project (FREE)
Read Tariffs delay AgroRenew production plant project, says CEO
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Crude oil prices analysis 1960-2024 (FREE)
A few reflections on the impact of crude role prices on society. This is a FREE article.
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Asian recycling market is turning sour
Recycled plastic at virgin prices? Asian recyclers say market volatility making it hard to meet brands’ demands
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Pakistan’s Corn Exports at Record Level
Corn exports in 2023/24 are forecast to reach 1.5 million tons. The good harvest and decrease in poultry feed demand resulted in a large exportable surplus at competitive prices. Vietnam, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka are the top destinations. Feed consumption in 2023/24 is reduced from 7.7 to 6.6 million tons.
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Palm Oil prices to increase due to biodiesel
Palm oil sees global recovery in 2024 on biodiesel demand, stagnant supplies
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Petrochemical overproduction makes new plastic cheaper than recycled
Surge in manufacturing in China and US leads to oversupply of products such as polyethylene
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EU Consumers Save on Food and Buy Less Organic in 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic boosted organic food sales in the EU, enabling it to overtake the U.S. market in 2021 — Inflation has probably a similar impact on “sustainability” than it has on so-called healthier organic food.
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Cut Plastic Production to Reduce Dependency on Russia
New report reveals the urgency to cut plastic production to reduce the European Union’s dependence on fossil fuels and Russian oil and gas
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High Energy Costs Affect EU Plastics Converters
Several European Plastics Converters are at risk due to the high Energy prices.
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Goldman Sachs on Food, Fuel and the Cost of Living Crisis
An in-depth podcast focusing on the global food and energy crises, analysis on why it might be time for investment playbooks to change — When there’s a quick buck to be made on a crisis or on the misfortune of people or countries … Goldman Sachs will be glad to help you.
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How the Plastic Industry Turned the Pandemic to its Advantage
With its products proving indispensable to combatting Covid-19, the plastics business is reinvigorated. What will it take to bring this major polluter to heel?
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Global Fertilizers Inflation Report
Impacts and Repercussions of Price Increases on the Global Fertilizer Market
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Eastman Increases Prices of Plasticizers
Eastman Chemical Company is increasing prices on the following products July 01, 2022, or as contracts allow.
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India to Reduce Supply of Packaging Raw Materials
Govt announces measures to reduce supply of raw material to enforce ban on single-use plastic
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Highest Inflation Rate in 30 years
Inflation rose 8.6% in May, highest since 1981 — What if the current inflation was not the consequence of market mechanisms (demand & supply), but purely the consequence of major corporations surfing on the wave of “greed” ?
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Sun Chemical Increases Price on Inks, Coatings, and Adhesives
Sun Chemical to Increase Prices on Inks, Coatings, Consumables and Adhesives in North America
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rPET Shortage in EU
Soft drinks industry faces a recycled plastic shortage, says Ribena maker
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