Drones are now hitting secondary-processing units at Russia's refineries, which may require six to eight months to replace, according to IEA estimates.
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Brent is sitting a touch above $104 this morning, down slightly from yesterday's surge. The Strait of Hormuz, which used to move something like a fifth of the world's oil and LNG before the war, has been effectively shut since March. Saudi output dropped around 1.9 million barrels a day in August, tanker rates are breaking records, and the EIA doesn't see Middle East production back near pre-conflict levels until the second quarter of 2027. Meanwhile, the European Union imports 57 percent of the energy it consumes and spent €340 billion on…
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Oil posted a strong weekly gain as Middle East conflict and mounting supply risks kept markets on edge.
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The Bank of England is expected to hike interest rates as many as four times within the next year, City figures have said, after the economy delivered surprise growth in July. The central bank is expected to be buoyed by this morning’s GDP figures, which saw the UK economy grow by 0.4 per cent in July despite forecasts that growth would grind to a halt. Andrew Bailey is widely tipped to oversee an interest rate hike in November, economists have said, though his Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is expected to leave rates unchanged when…