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Oil Shock Lifts EIA Price Outlook as Hormuz Crisis Reshapes Forecast
The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts Brent crude averaging $79 per barrel in 2026, with U.S. production rising by 500,000 barrels per day amid Strait of Hormuz disruptions.
- The U.S. Energy Information Administration sharply revised its Short‑Term Energy Outlook, raising Brent crude to $79 per barrel and U.S. crude output to 13.6 million barrels per day in 2026 and 13.8 million in 2027.
- After strikes and naval actions near the Strait of Hormuz, the U.S. military said it attacked 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels, disrupting tanker traffic and shifting global oil balances.
- Market observers noted extreme intraday swings as Brent crude plunged below $80, then rebounded near $90 after US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright's deleted post, and fell again on IEA reserve release reports.
- With storage filling and shipments constrained, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, and Iraq cut oil production, while the IMF links a 10% price rise to 0.4% inflation and 0.15% growth reduction, and U.S. petroleum prices rose about 17%.
- Assuming shipments gradually resume, the EIA expects the Strait of Hormuz to keep constraining regional production in the coming weeks, with Brent projected to average $64 in 2027, up from $53.
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration sharply revised its oil price outlook in its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) based on the growing impact of the Middle East conflict and the near standstill in tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude settled at $94 per barrel on March 9, according to the EIA— a roughly 50% surge since the start of the year and the highest level since September 2023. Prices have climbed rapidly a…
In just one week since the US and Israel attacked Iran, crude oil prices surpassed $100 per barrel, and the Strait of Hormuz was virtually paralyzed.
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