By RFE/RL staff – Apr 15, 2026, 1:00 PM CDT Cargo shipments through Iran are delayed for weeks, forcing costly overland rerouting and supply chain disruptions Shipping costs and energy prices are surging, putting pressure on households and government budgets across the region Landlocked Central Asian economies face rising inflation and slower growth due to their heavy […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was originally run on the California Globe, and we recommend following their productions. Californians consumed 484 million barrels of oil in 2025, with in-state production only providing 111 million barrels By Edward Ring, April 15, 2026 4:00 pm With war in the Middle East disrupting shipments of crude oil, we have another reason […]
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ENB Pub Note: This article was originally posted on America Outloud by Ronald Stein and Yoshihiro Muronaka, and we highly recommend signing up and reading their material. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Recent calls for a more realistic shift from “decarbonization” to “low carbon” suggest that discomfort with ideology-driven climate policy is finally beginning to surface in public debate. […]
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Geopolitical shocks are piling up on global oil supply, and traders are bracing for another wild session when Asian markets open in the coming hours. With the Iran war now five weeks old and fresh Ukrainian drone strikes hammering Russian refining and export terminals over the past four months, the question on every energy desk […]
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As the Iran war enters its fifth week and the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed, Goldman Sachs has issued a stark warning in its April 2026 report titled “Are We Running Out of Oil?” The bank’s analysts, led by Yulia Zhestkova Grigsby, conclude that the world is indeed facing acute physical shortages of crude […]
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In a world already stretched thin on refined fuels, diesel has emerged as the undisputed king of commodities—and refineries are proving to be the fragile link in the global supply chain. As of early April 2026, the ongoing disruption in the Strait of Hormuz—triggered by the Iran conflict—has created the largest supply shock in diesel […]
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By Stuart Turley, Energy News Beat President Trump’s blunt March 31, 2026, Truth Social post — “go get your own oil” — has sent shockwaves through global energy markets already reeling from the Iran conflict and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. With U.S. gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon, diesel costs surging worldwide, […]
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President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell yesterday in the White House Oval Office: Iran just handed the United States a “very big present” worth a tremendous amount of money. It wasn’t nuclear-related, he stressed. It was “oil-and-gas-related” and tied directly to the flow through the Strait of Hormuz. Trump called it a “significant prize” that […]
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The global agriculture sector is staring down a perfect storm of fertilizer disruptions, diesel fuel shortages, and skyrocketing energy costs—all triggered by the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of conflict in the Middle East after “Operation Epic Fury” on February 28, 2026. What began as a geopolitical flashpoint has rapidly […]
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Energy News Beat Special Report – March 2026 Escalating conflicts have turned oil refineries into strategic targets worldwide. Ukrainian drone campaigns continue to hammer Russian facilities, while the 2026 Iran war (U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian retaliation across the Gulf) has triggered widespread damage to refineries, terminals, and related gas infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, […]
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