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OPEC+ Data Deck (July 2026)
Middle Eastern crude production jumps in June alongside post-MOU spike in Hormuz traffic and dependent Persian Gulf loadings, though the latest wave of attacks threatens to reverse that progress.
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Oil Context Weekly (W28)
Crude prices jump, see largest weekly gain since mid-May as Iran’s attempt to control Hormuz shipping flows prompted another round of skirmishes that threatened a broader collapse of the MOU ceasefire
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Context Call: July 2026 (Video)
Post-MOU status of shipping flows through the Strait of Hormuz, the ongoing depression in China’s crude import appetite, and the emergence of the “mini-glut” currently being digested by oil markets.
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North American Oil Data Deck (July 2026)
Continental petroleum production jumped back to near all-time highs in April on the back of the reacceleration of previously slowing upstream growth in both the US and Canada.
This 47-page July 2026 edition of my monthly data-dense, visual...
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