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Peak oil: China’s crude demand set to fall as EV bets ease Hormuz fears
China’s crude oil demand is expected to peak this year, according to executives from the country’s largest oil firm, a scenario set to further reshape the global energy market following the Strait of Hormuz crisis. The world’s top oil importer would record slowing demand as reductions in the use of transport fuel outweighed gains in petrochemical demand, said Zhang Changbao, vice-president of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong), at an event in Hong Kong on...
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Seeking Alpha
· Jul 3, 2026
Commodities: Oil Under Pressure Amid Rebound In Middle East Flows
Commodities: Oil Under Pressure Amid Rebound In Middle East Flows
Drudge Report
· Jun 22, 2026
Future of oil prices may depend on China...
Future of oil prices may depend on China... (First column, 5th story, link)
The Hindu BusinessLine
· Jun 29, 2026
Iran war developments, Fed rate path cues in focus for rupee and bonds
The focus will yet again turn to oil prices, with any retreat in risk sentiment expected to hurt the Rupee, which has steadied after hitting historic lows last month
Utusan Malaysia
· Jun 25, 2026
Harga minyak mentah jatuh ke paras sebelum krisis di Asia Barat
PETALING JAYA: Harga minyak mentah jatuh ke paras sebelum krisis dan trend tersebut dijangka berterusan dalam tempoh terdekat susulan langkah pengurusan risiko pasaran yang proaktif serta pemulihan pantas rantaian bekalan dari Asia Barat. Kontrak niaga hadapan minyak mentah Brent kini menghampiri paras AS72 setong, manakala penanda aras Amerika Syarikat (AS), West Texas Intermediate (WTI) berada ... Read more The post Harga minyak mentah jatuh ke paras sebelum krisis di Asia Barat appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.
Iran Herald
· Jul 9, 2026
Crude may revisit early-2026 highs if tensions worsen, but Asian refiners better prepared this time: International Oil Analyst
By Nikhil Dedha Singapore, July 9 (ANI): Global crude oil prices could revisit the highs seen earlier this year if tensions between the United States and Iran continue to escalate, although Asian refiners are now better prepared to deal with supply disruptions than they were at the beginning of the conflict, June Goh, Senior Oil Market Analyst at Sparta Commodities, told ANI.Speaking in an exclusive conve
AzerNews
· Jul 6, 2026
OPEC+ raises output as oil market enters new geopolitical era
The shifting tides of the global energy market have once again thrust OPEC+ into the spotlight, laying bare the delicate and often volatile intersection of geopolitics and oil economics. The group’s recent decision to boost oil production targets for August by 188,000 barrels per day is on the surface a standard regulatory tweak meant to stabilize a fluctuating market.
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