oil

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The cease-fire removed “the panic premium out of oil, but not the full risk premium,” analysts at Rystad said in a note Wednesday.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Nonetheless, the price of oil remains considerably higher than before the conflict and analysts say it could take months or even years to repair the damage done to supply capacity in the region.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Other Arab nations have proposed using frozen Iranian oil funds in Qatar and elsewhere to finance Iran’s rebuilding efforts, an idea Iran is open to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

According to the Marine Traffic website and parent company Kpler, some 426 oil tankers, 34 cooking-gas carriers and 19 ships carrying liquified natural gas are waiting to transit the strait.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

He saw a large, high-ceilinged room lined with oil paintings—some of humans, some of creatures, some of both, side by side.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell