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Full steam ahead!

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 120
Vessel traffic is up in the Strait despite the targeting of a Taiwanese cargo ship, Ukrainian drone strikes are now hampering Kazakhstan oil

Vessel traffic is up in the Strait despite the targeting of a Taiwanese cargo ship, Ukrainian drone strikes are now hampering Kazakhstan oil production, Kerosene prices have eased massively and China's fiver-year energy plan is here.

26 June 2026

Don’t fix what is broken

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 119
Prices continue to freefall, ADNOC finally released their OSPs, Iraq are the latest OPEC member to threaten quitting and the latest Dallas F
25 June 2026

Back to square one

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 118
Prices are returning to prewar levels, and the Dubai physical premium is the lowest we have ever assessed! Chinese refinery run rates have p
24 June 2026

Sun’s out, shorts on

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 117
The US SPR is becoming a liability, Asia now has more crude than it knows what to do with but product cracks remain elevated and when will C
23 June 2026

Potty mouth diplomacy

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 116
The oil is flowing! India has already raised its crude imports to pre-war levels, wholesale and retail prices are easing globally while Chin
22 June 2026

It’s over before it started

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 115
Prices get a breather, KPC rescinded Force Majeure and Iraq is ramping up production, Asian oil buyers are feeling currency pressure and bar
19 June 2026

Iran bags the lot

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 114
Trump joins the list of infamous losers to sign a treaty at Versailles, despite the reopening of the Strait fertiliser flows will likely be
18 June 2026

Let the ink flow!

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 113
Hezbollah and Israel continue to exchange strikes, the oil super glut is back, and China wants to increase shale gas production as it shores
17 June 2026

Officer, I’d like to report a murder

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 112
Prices are getting battered, Qatar expects to raise LNG capacity to 80% in 2 months and China’s K-shaped economy deepens
16 June 2026

Trump is tapping out!

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 110
Trump wants peace at any cost, Saudi allocations for China reach another record low, while the ADB say their worst case scenario for Asia ha
12 June 2026

Donnie throws his toys out the pram

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 109
The market is tuning Donnie out, India has enough crude to last till August and Canadian crude is in high demand
11 June 2026

An eye for an eye

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 108
The US and Iran throw handbags again, Kazakhstan is stuck between a rock and a hard place and Chinese inflation is back on the rise
10 June 2026

The barrels can breathe

Edition: Asia EditionVolume: 3Issue: 107
China's crude imports have collapsed to 2018 lows as prices mask weak volumes; record VLCC orders and freight boom echo 2008, while bunker s
9 June 2026