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MAJOR
Oct 75 min read
Gulf Storm to Become 2026's First Hurricane, Oil at Risk
A Gulf of Mexico storm is set to become 2026's first Atlantic hurricane, putting about 15% of U.S. crude output at risk as Brent holds near $101 a barrel.
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Everything Pomegra has published on SHEL: 30 news articles and 2 market briefs, newest first.
Market briefs on SHEL
- Chevron Stock Rises 1% Before Q3 Earnings Report
Chevron (CVX) reports before the bell Friday, with analysts expecting profit per share to rise about 160%.
Oct 30
- Energy Stocks Hit All-Time High as Brent Oil Tops $107 on Iran War
ExxonMobil (XOM) leads energy stocks higher as Brent crude above $107 pushes the 10-year yield toward 4.95%.
Sep 11
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Markets
MAJOR
Sep 156 min read
Libya Drone Attacks Drive Crude Oil Price to $89.21
Brent crude surged 3.34% to $89.21 in a single session after Libya's National Oil Corporation threatened force majeure at the Zawiya complex, adding a key OPEC producer to a widening…
Markets
NOTABLE
Sep 146 min read
FTSE 100 Defies Global Selloff on BP, Shell Surge
FTSE 100 rose 0.4% as BP and Shell each gained 1.5%, with Brent crude above $87 a barrel making energy majors rare safe havens in a global equity selloff.
Markets
SEISMIC
Sep 17 min read
Hormuz Mine Strike Sends Brent Crude Above $120
A simultaneous attack on three oil tankers in the southern Strait of Hormuz -- including a supertanker ignited by naval mines -- marks a dangerous escalation of the Gulf conflict and drives crude…
Markets
SEISMIC
Aug 317 min read
U.S. Strikes IRGC Rocket Sites on Larak Island
CENTCOM confirmed Sunday-night airstrikes destroyed Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island before sea-mine-equipped missiles could enter the Strait of Hormuz, pushing Brent crude up 1.5%.
Markets
SEISMIC
Aug 257 min read
Hormuz Shutdown: Worst Maritime Insurance Crisis Since 1980s
The Strait of Hormuz has effectively closed to commercial shipping as war-risk premiums reach 40 times normal and six P&I clubs pull all tanker cover, marking the gravest disruption to global…
Geopolitics
SEISMIC
Aug 147 min read
Iran: Hormuz Strait Stays Closed Until Demands Met
Iran's Supreme National Security Council insists the Strait of Hormuz will not reopen for commercial shipping until Washington lifts its naval blockade, withdraws military forces, and pays war…
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Aug 127 min read
Oil Climbs as Hormuz Talks Stall and Bab al-Mandab Strait Turns Deadly
Brent crude rose about 1.2% Tuesday after a deadly Houthi double-tap strike on an oil tanker in the Bab al-Mandab Strait compounded investor anxiety over stalled U.S.-Iran Strait of Hormuz…
Geopolitics
SEISMIC
Aug 107 min read
Iran IRGC Holds Hormuz Blockade, Demands $300B Fund
Iran's Revolutionary Guards have declared they will keep the Strait of Hormuz sealed until Washington meets Tehran's full terms, sending LNG prices 51% higher and stranding roughly 20 million…
Geopolitics
SEISMIC
Aug 107 min read
Iran: Oman Hormuz Deal Near, No Direct US Talks
Tehran says a Hormuz transit framework with Muscat is nearly complete but flatly contradicts Washington's assertion that Iran is engaged in any direct US-mediated negotiations.
Geopolitics
SEISMIC
Aug 97 min read
Hormuz Fee Window Expires Aug. 16 With Gap Unresolved
With Iran's 60-day fee-free transit period ending August 16, Oman-mediated talks remain deadlocked over a 5–7% cargo levy versus a 3% counterproposal, leaving global energy markets on edge.
Geopolitics
SEISMIC
Aug 98 min read
Iran's Zolghadr Sets Six Conditions to Reopen Hormuz
Iran's security chief Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr on Saturday issued six sweeping demands — spanning Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen and Iraq — and declared the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed until…
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Aug 97 min read
ADNOC Tanker Hit by Iranian Missile in Hormuz
UAE condemns IRGC missile strike on an ADNOC tanker in Hormuz as piracy — the 16th shipping attack since conflict began, with energy risk still largely unpriced.
Markets
MAJOR
Aug 87 min read
Crude Oil Posts 9% Weekly Loss as Demand Destruction Deepens
Brent and WTI crude each shed roughly 9% across the trading week ending August 8, the steepest weekly decline of 2026, as structural demand erosion and surging OPEC+ supply overwhelm the market.
Markets
MAJOR
Aug 77 min read
FTSE 100 Closes In On 11,000 As Capital Flees US Tech
London's FTSE 100 nears 11,000 as Bank of England easing, weak sterling, and capital rotating from expensive US technology shares push British blue chips to historic levels.
Geopolitics
MAJOR
Aug 26 min read
OPEC+ Vienna: 188,000-bpd September Hike, Q4 Output Freeze
OPEC+'s seven core producers approved a 188,000 bpd September hike at Vienna, completing 2023's voluntary cut rollback before freezing output through Q4 2026.
Markets
Aug 27 min read
July Consumer Sentiment Survey Reaches Five-Month High
Michigan's July consumer sentiment survey beat expectations at 55.2 as gas prices retreated, while ExxonMobil and Chevron posted a combined $26.6 billion Q2 profit ahead of August's pivotal…
Markets
Aug 15 min read
Crude Oil Posts Best Monthly Gain Since March
Brent crude surged nearly 20% in July 2026, its strongest monthly advance since March, as escalating U.S.-Iran hostilities threatened flows through the Strait of Hormuz and tightened global supply…
Geopolitics
Jul 298 min read
Iran–Oman Hormuz Shipping Talks Advance
Iran and Oman are negotiating a three-lane maritime framework to restore Hormuz tanker traffic, with daily transits collapsed to just 10 against a pre-crisis baseline of 88 per day as of late July…
Markets
Jul 286 min read
XOM, CVX Lead Energy Selloff as Crude Nears $69
ExxonMobil and Chevron shed more than 3% and 2.7%, respectively, as West Texas Intermediate crude approached $69 per barrel Monday, pulling the broader energy sector to multi-month lows and…
Geopolitics
Jul 257 min read
Oil Nears $100 as Gulf States Race for Hormuz Exits
Brent crude trades near $98 a barrel in late July 2026 as the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz since March forces Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Iraq to accelerate multi-billion-dollar bypass…
Geopolitics
Jul 237 min read
Red Sea Oil Chokepoint: Brent Hits $99 on Houthi Tanker Strikes
Houthi missile and drone strikes on two Saudi crude carriers in the Red Sea on Wednesday push Brent crude toward $100 a barrel, threatening a global energy supply chain already strained by the…
Geopolitics
Jul 227 min read
Crude Oil Surges 3% as Strait of Hormuz Fears Spread to Red Sea
Brent crude climbed above $94 and WTI topped $86 on July 22, 2026, as Houthi missile deployments near Bab el-Mandeb threatened to close a second critical energy chokepoint alongside the Strait of…
Markets
Jul 227 min read
OPEC+ Production Boost Eases Oil Supply Fears
OPEC+'s fourth consecutive monthly quota increase adds 188,000 barrels per day, pulling Brent crude below $92 and signaling a gradual return to normalcy in the global energy market.
Geopolitics
Jul 217 min read
Oil Volatile as Hormuz 'Accident' Revives Blockade Fears
Brent crude climbed back above $89 a barrel on Monday as a fresh tanker strike near the Strait of Hormuz shattered hopes of a durable ceasefire between the United States and Iran, raising the…
Geopolitics
Jul 187 min read
Oil Price Surge July 18: Iran Infrastructure Strikes Drive Global Energy Volatility
Brent crude jumped 4.6% to $88.10 on July 18, as U.S. airstrikes widened against Iranian infrastructure and Tehran retaliated by targeting Gulf state civilian facilities, sending global energy…
Geopolitics
Jul 176 min read
Oil Surges 3% on US-Iran Strikes as Talks Delayed
Oil prices climbed sharply on July 17 as fresh US-Iran infrastructure strikes and collapsed peace negotiations reignited fears of a prolonged global energy supply risk with no diplomatic off-ramp…
Geopolitics
Jul 167 min read
China: World's First Oil Swing Importer
China's 1.4 billion-barrel crude stockpile has made Beijing the world's first oil swing importer, giving it the power to cap oil price volatility and reshape global oil demand in ways no consuming…
Geopolitics
Jul 167 min read
Trump Confirms Iran Breakthrough; 2-Week Truce Eyed
Trump confirms a diplomatic breakthrough with Iran as Qatar and Oman mediators push for a new two-week truce to revive stalled Hormuz and nuclear talks.
Markets
Jul 148 min read
China Oil Imports Drop to Near 10-Year Low on Weak Demand
China's crude oil imports plunged 41% year-on-year in June 2026 to their lowest level in nearly a decade, as refinery utilization hit decade lows and structural shifts in energy demand reshape the…