Pakistan’s state LNG importer is urgently seeking to procure an LNG cargo for delivery this week, with offers due on June 29, as traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains volatile amid persistent threats to tankers and reignited U.S.-Iran tensions. Pakistan LNG, the state-owned firm, has issued an “urgent request” for LNG cargo delivery between June 30 and July 4, per a tender document cited by Bloomberg. The Pakistani dependence on Middle Eastern LNG created a major gas supply and power crisis in March and April, when no LNG…

Crude oil production in the Middle East rebounded to between 14.6 million bpd and 15 million bpd earlier this month amid the ceasefire between Iran and the United States, the Financial Express reported today, citing a prediction that full recovery to pre-war levels would come by the end of the year. The prediction comes from Rystad Energy, which said two days ago that it expected oil production to rebound to pre-war levels three months earlier than previously forecast thanks to the progress in peace negotiations. That was before reports emerged…

Crude oil production in the Middle East rebounded to between 14.6 million bpd and 15 million bpd earlier this month amid the ceasefire between Iran and the United States, the Financial Express reported today, citing a prediction that full recovery to pre-war levels would come by the end of the year. The prediction comes from Rystad Energy, which said two days ago that it expected oil production to rebound to pre-war levels three months earlier than previously forecast thanks to the progress in peace negotiations. That was before reports emerged…

China’s imports of liquefied natural gas this month are likely to be unchanged on last year’s, Kpler has forecast, seeing arrivals of a total of 5.29 million tons, as cited by Bloomberg. The June total, however, would be an increase on May LNG imports, which stood at 4.9 million tons, as demand growth intensifies, driven by air-conditioning in the summer. The May figure was a reversal of import trends from the previous few months, which booked a series of declines amid crimped supply from the Middle East that led to significantly higher…

Crude oil prices are in freefall after the United States and Iran agreed on a ceasefire, set to last 60 days. Traders expect the ceasefire to unleash an avalanche of crude, and indeed, tankers are leaving the Persian Gulf in growing numbers. And yet Iran just struck a commercial ship in Hormuz. Bloomberg reported earlier this week that the ceasefire prompted huge discounts in available crude cargoes, noting how Angolan crude was selling at a $10 discount to dated Brent—for the first time in a decade. Not only this, but Chinese refiners were…