Oil News 22 June 2025 - 30 September 2025

Commodities Rollercoaster: Oil Dips as OPEC+ Plans Output Hike, Gold Rockets to Records, Grain Markets Slip (Sept 29–30, 2025)

Key analysts’ views & forecasts: A range of experts highlighted the mixed outlook. Jay Pelosky (TPW Advisory) argued on Sept 29 that traditional bearish oil forecasts are overstated – OPEC+ may under-deliver on planned hikes, Ukraine strikes have cut 25% of Russia’s refining capacity, and China’s crude stockpiling could soak up surplus reuters.com reuters.com. In metals, Goldman Sachs now predicts copper returning to long-term bull territory (~$10,750/t by 2027) after revising down 2025-26 supply reuters.com. Citi sees a 2026 copper deficit and even higher prices ($12,000+) if demand holds reuters.com. For oil, the U.S. EIA has cut its price outlook

30 September 2025

Commodities on a Wild Rollercoaster: Oil Plunges, Gold Soars, Coffee & Copper Hit Highs

Energy Commodities: Oil & Gas Oil prices have eased recently but remain relatively high. On Monday, Brent crude slid about $0.43 to ~$69.70/bbl and U.S. WTI fell ~$0.49 to ~$65.23/bbl. The drop came as Iraq’s Kurdistan region resumed exports through the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline (~180k bpd initially, potentially up to 230k). This revived flow, backed by U.S. diplomatic pressure, adds to global supply just as OPEC+ meets. According to industry sources, OPEC+ is expected to approve another production increase of ~137k bpd in November reuters.com, continuing a strategy to boost market share after some months of cuts. (Remember, the group has already unwound

29 September 2025

Coffee & Copper · Commodities · Gold · Market Volatility · Oil · Stock Market

Commodities Rollercoaster: Oil Rockets & Gold Smashes Records as Trade & Weather Woes Hit Agriculture (Sept 24–25, 2025)

Energy (Oil, Gas, Renewables) Oil led commodity moves this week. On Sept 24 Brent crude jumped about 2.5% (to ~$69.30) – its strongest gain since July – after U.S. stockpiles fell more than expected reuters.com. Supply concerns from geopolitics added fuel: planned disruptions in Iraq, reduced exports from Venezuela, and attacks on Russian energy sites (Ukraine’s military claimed strikes on Russian oil stations reuters.com) kept markets nervous reuters.com reuters.com. US crude settled at ~$65 (WTI) on Sept 24, up ~$1.60 (2.5%) for the day reuters.com. However on Sept 25 prices gave back some gains: Brent fell to ~$68.80 (-0.7%) and

25 September 2025

Agriculture · Commodities · Gold · Market Trends · NYSE:FCX · Oil

Fed Jitters, Mega-Deals & Oil Rebound: Global Business Shockwaves (Aug 21–22, 2025)

Investors braced for Powell’s Jackson Hole speech as the S&P 500 fell 0.4% and the Dow and Nasdaq were down about 0.34%. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said there is ‘no case for reducing interest rates’ now, while Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic still penciled in a 2025 rate cut. Futures indicated a 70–75% probability of a 25-basis-point rate cut in September. Meta Platforms and Google announced a six-year cloud deal worth over $10 billion to expand Meta’s AI workloads on Google Cloud. OpenAI announced plans to open its first India office in New Delhi to tap into India’s developer

22 August 2025

Business News · Economics · Federal Reserve · Global Markets · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:BA · NYSE:FBM · NYSE:LOW · Oil

Global Business Roundup: Oil Rally, SoftBank’s $2B Intel Lifeline & China’s Big Debt Deal (Aug 18–19, 2025)

Finance & Markets Technology & Telecom Energy & Commodities Retail & Consumer Real Estate & Property Automotive & Transportation Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals Sources: Key stories were drawn from Reuters unless otherwise noted. Reuters provided detailed reporting on financial markets reuters.com reuters.com, corporate deals reuters.com reuters.com, energy prices reuters.com reuters.com, retail shifts reuters.com reuters.com, property sector turmoil reuters.com reuters.com, automotive developments reuters.com reuters.com, and healthcare breakthroughs reuters.com reuters.com between August 18 and 19, 2025. Additional context was incorporated from reputable financial news outlets (e.g. Bloomberg, FT) and industry analysts to provide background and implications for each development.

19 August 2025

Business · China · Financing · Global Markets · NASDAQ:INTC · Oil

Markets Shaken, AI Valuations Soar, Oil Slumps: What You Missed in Business This Weekend

In a massive secondary sale, OpenAI may offload about $6 billion of stock to SoftBank and Thrive Capital, valuing the company at about $500 billion, with roughly 700 million weekly ChatGPT users and a $12 billion revenue run-rate in the first seven months of 2025. Oil prices slid as Brent crude traded around mid-$65 per barrel and WTI around $62.8, after trading above $80 earlier, with Goldman Sachs warning of a potential deep bear market if peace talks progress. The Magnificent 7 techs grew earnings per share by 26% year over year in Q2, helping Nasdaq futures hover near all-time

18 August 2025

AI · Business News · Finance · Markets · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:NVDA · NASDAQ:TSLA · NYSE:GS · Oil

Strait of Hormuz Crisis: World’s Critical Oil Chokepoint at the Center of a Geopolitical Storm

On June 22, 2025, the United States launched Operation Midnight Hammer, bombing Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, after which Iran’s parliament voted to close the Strait of Hormuz. The Strait of Hormuz carries roughly 20% of the world’s oil and gas flows, amounting to about 20 million barrels per day. Brent crude rose about 10% in a few days, climbing to roughly $77 per barrel. The strait stretches about 90 nautical miles in length, narrows to about 21 nautical miles, and the navigable channel for tanker traffic is effectively only two miles wide in each direction. The strait accounts for around

22 June 2025

Crisis · Energy Security · Geopolitics · Oil · Strait of Hormuz