AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoSaudi Arabia–Yemen Red Sea shock: Saudi Arabia suspended crude loadings from Yanbu and canceled some September cargoes after damage to the East-West pipeline, while Houthi pressure on Bab el-Mandeb further strains Saudi export routes. Market tightness and volatility: Shell and Equinor warned that Middle East disruptions are creating a longer, tighter supply situation; Shell estimates the world has lost about 36 million tonnes of LNG and 1.6 billion barrels of crude/condensates, and says the “shock absorbers” are weakening. Venezuela investment push: Can2 Termik-linked Denarius Holding secured a 20-year deal to operate Venezuela’s Cema oilfield under a $400 million project, highlighting how firms are repositioning amid energy reform and reconstruction plans. Fuel-price pressure in Europe: European gas prices stayed near multi-year highs as Germany’s storage sits around 56% for September, with the Iran war and Strait of Hormuz closure adding cost and supply risk. US war-cost and politics: New reports say the Iran war has cost the US over $38B, while the US House again advanced a war-powers resolution to curb the president’s Iran actions amid rising pump prices. China diplomacy on Hormuz: China urged the US and Iran to return to the Islamabad MOU and called for measures to open the Strait of Hormuz to protect energy shipping and supply chains.
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