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BP said on Tuesday it expects its huge oil trading desk to post "exceptional" results for the first quarter, signalling a windfall from the spike in oil prices triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. The company also said its net debt would rise to between $25 billion and $27 billion from just over $22 billion in the previous quarter because of movements in working capital, an accounting measure of short-term liquidity based on current assets minus liabilities. Global benchmark [Read more]

A third Iran-linked tanker was entering the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday on the first full day of the U.S. blockade on vessels calling at Iranian ports, shipping data showed. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the blockade on Sunday after weekend peace talks in Islamabad between the U.S. and Iran failed to reach a deal. As the three vessels transiting the strait were not heading to Iranian ports, they are not covered by the blockade. Panama-flagged Peace Gulf, a [Read more]

Commodities supercycles can reshape markets for years, if not decades. We appear to be in one again, as the Iran war has amplified several long-term bullish trends. The question for many investors has shifted from whether to engage with the supercycle to how. Following the initial U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran on February 28, oil recorded its largest monthly gain in history. Combine that with copper and gold's substantial gains since mid-2025 – as well as the ongoing race for energy, metals and [Read more]

The discount on Western Canada Select crude oil to North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate futures widened on Monday. WCS for May delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, settled at $16.25 a barrel below the U.S. benchmark WTI, according to brokerage CalRock, compared to $15.55 on Friday. * The WCS differential has been volatile since the start of the U.S. war on Iran, with competing variables pulling and pushing on relative prices for Canadian heavy crude. * Historically, the [Read more]

The head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said on Monday he hopes another oil stockpile release is not needed but "we stand ready to act" if the energy shock resulting from the war with Iran requires it. The 32-member IEA agreed last month to release 400 million barrels of oil from reserves, the largest coordinated release ever, in a bid to calm oil markets. The U.S., the world's largest oil and gas producer, agreed to release 172 million barrels from its Strategic Petroleum [Read more]

OPEC on Monday lowered its forecast for world oil demand in the second quarter by 500,000 barrels per day, citing the impact of the war in the Middle East, the producer group's monthly oil report showed on its website. Global oil demand is projected to average 105.07 million bpd in the second quarter, OPEC's report said, down from the 105.57 million bpd forecast in last month's report. "The demand growth for the second quarter of 2026 is revised down for both the OECD and non-OECD, driven [Read more]

The United States' NATO allies said on Monday they would not get involved in President Donald Trump's plan to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, further ratcheting up tensions within the increasingly fragile alliance. Trump said the U.S. military would work with other countries to block all maritime traffic in the waterway, after weekend talks failed to reach an agreement to end the six-week conflict with Iran. The U.S. military later specified that the blockade, due to start at 1400 GMT on Monday, [Read more]

Author: Clara Yuan (Process Engineer), Fluor Canada Ltd. Over the past several decades, implementing carbon capture technology as a form of emissions abatement has become an increasingly common consideration for many industries. This includes industries like power generation, which continue to rely on traditional fossil fuels based on the advantages they present over renewable energy (e.g., availability). There is significant growth expected in natural gas fired power generation as a [Read more]