Europe's "Less" Is Doing More Than Anyone Gives It Credit For
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. By every rule of thumb we've leaned on for the last fifty years, Europe is the casualty in this story.
- ▪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.
- ▪By every rule of thumb we've leaned on for the last fifty years, Europe is the casualty in this story.
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| Publication time | Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:17:28 +0000 |
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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 fossil fuel imports last year. By every rule of thumb we've leaned on for the last fifty years, Europe is the casualty in this story.
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