Chevron CEO Sees More Pipelines Built to Bypass Strait of Hormuz – More unreported attacks in the Strait impact transits.

In a wide-ranging Bloomberg Surveillance interview aired today, Chevron Chairman and CEO Mike Wirth painted a sobering picture of ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz while signaling that the industry is accelerating plans for alternative infrastructure to reduce reliance on the critical chokepoint. Wirth confirmed that multiple vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz have […]

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Oil from US Emergency Reserves Heads to California for the First Time, Kpler Says

In a notable development underscoring shifting global energy trade flows amid ongoing Middle East tensions, a cargo of crude oil drawn from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is heading to California for the first time ever, according to ship-tracking firm Kpler. The shipment involves approximately 460,000 barrels of Bayou Choctaw Sweet crude destined for […]

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Europe’s Gas Crisis Just Repriced 8 Of My 12 Positions – The Merchant’s News

Europe is staring down a structural gas deficit heading into the critical summer refill season. Storage levels sit near historic lows, Russian pipeline flows have all but vanished, and Middle East LNG supply disruptions (triggered by the ongoing Strait of Hormuz constraints since late February) have forced buyers to scramble for every available cargo—primarily from […]

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Energy Stocks Are Misrepresented to Investors

Wall Street has a blind spot the size of a supertanker — and it’s called the energy sector. In a recent wide-ranging interview on Kitco News, veteran investor Ted Oakley, founder and managing partner of Oxbow Advisors, sat down with anchor Jeremy Szafron and delivered a blunt assessment: Wall Street is completely mispricing energy. Oakley […]

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