1. Latest headlines
Headlines from the past hours, taken from international energy and business media. They are refreshed every 30 minutes. We neither select nor comment on them, the analysis is in the weekly reports below.
2. All weekly reports
Newest edition first. Each edition stands on its own and names its sources at the end.
3. How these reports are produced
The basis is a fixed set of data sources that runs continuously behind the site. Every two hours the server fetches Brent prices, ship counts from IMF PortWatch, gas storage levels from GIE AGSI+, LNG utilisation from GIE ALSI, exchange rates from the ECB, consumer prices from the EU Oil Bulletin and the stock data of the U.S. EIA. These figures are recorded without any manual step.
Once a week the editorial part is added: we read the reports of the past seven days on all 65 monitored points, check every statement against the source named and change a classification only if at least one reliable source supports it. Anything disputed is attributed, that is, carries a note on who is saying it. Where figures diverge, we name both sides.
4. Where the numbers come from
Behind every figure in these reports stands a named data source: the EU Oil Bulletin for consumer prices, the U.S. EIA for Brent spot prices and stock levels, GIE AGSI+ for gas storage, GIE ALSI for LNG terminals, IMF PortWatch for port calls and the ECB for exchange rates. They are retrieved every two hours, and the status of all 65 monitored straits, pipelines, ports and terminals is documented with a date and a source for each entry.
For anyone who would rather see prices: the heating oil price map carries the weekly figures by country and, in the United States, by state, with a 52-week history. It names the same data status as the reports here.