By Paul Sankey
Published on August 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Illustrated below, Hormuz flows split crude oil vs products. We note the extent to which the war has interrupted oil product supplies globally, especially to Asia and Europe. Source: Kpler, Sankey Research, Claude The market tends to focus on the crude oil impact, but in reality it is gasoline trading at $150/bbl wholesale, not crude at $90/bbl. We did not quite get the celebrated $250/bbl, but Asian jet fuel hit $240.50/bbl on 4 March — …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on June 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Ola, que tal, With the massive distractions last week of SpaceX, just when you thought AI frenzy could get no greater – or surely top – a new Fed Chair Warsh, and of course the whole “MOU on Hormuz” situation, this week ahead will hopefully get the agenda back towards more specific energy stock stories with the big JP Morgan Energy Conference running over three days in New York, with tremendous interest in Devon’s CEO …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on June 7, 2026 at 6:37 PM
So there it is, 100 Days of Hormuz. Homework this week is easy, just a few words on Bunker Markets. Globally refiners are straining to meet max clean product needs (JetFuel, Distillate, Mogas), and it is marginal products that are heading towards physical shortages in June, such as US base oils (the Pennzoil for your AC Cobra, there are already shortages as we have covered), and Bunker fuel for ships, a marginal product dominated by …
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