Crooked Bough News Round-up

+ Turkey Restricts Black Sea Ship Traffic After Surge In Attacks—ByPatrick Sykes and Weilun Soon Aug 8, 2026 (Bloomberg) Turkey is rest...

+ UAE Says Iran Attacked Vessel With Missile In Strait of Hormuz—Aug 8 (Reuters)The United Arab Emirates on Saturday condemned what it ...

+ Scientists Turn To Sharks To Improve Hurricane Predictions—By Marta Serafinko Aug 8 (Reuters)  From the killer shark of Jaws to t...

+ Australia Unions Push On With Strike At BHP’s Port Hedland—SYDNEY, Aug 8 (Reuters)  Workers will continue a two-day strike at BHP...

+ Typhoon Dolphin Hits Japan’s Okinawa, China Shuts ports Ahead Of Landfall—By Satoshi Sugiyama and Eduardo Baptista TOKYO/BEIJING, Aug 8 (Reuters...

+ MSC Baltic III Wreck Being Pulled Ashore in Newfoundland—Wreck removal crews have begun the slow process of pulling the grounde...

+ ADNOC Says Three Vessels Attacked This Week as Hormuz Shipping Remains Severely Disrupted—Abu Dhabi National Oil Company said three of its vessels have been att...

+ Rosatom Says Seven Chinese Vessels Will Sail to Europe via Russia’s Arctic Route—Russia's state nuclear giant Rosatom, operator of the Northern Sea Rou...

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+ Oil choppy as investors gauge hopes for Strait of Hormuz reopening—Oil prices oscillated around the flatline on Friday, as investors pars...

+ ExxonMobil in Mozambique Awards McDermott Letter of Intent for Rovuma LNG Project—McDermott Energy Solutions (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of McDermott and...

+ India’s fuel demand rises 2.9% in July from year earlier—India’s fuel consumption reached 19.92 million metric tons in July, ma...

+ The Commodities Feed: Oil rallies as chances of US-Iran deal fade—Energy US-Iran deal obstacles Oil prices rallied yesterday, with ICE ...

+ China’s real oil demand masked by rise of unlicensed fuel trade: sources—Chinese oil demand figures derived from official data may underestimat...

+ Saudi Aramco cuts Arab Light crude price to Asia for September—Saudi Arabia reduced the official selling price for its main Arab Ligh...

+ US fuel supply declines in July—The US supplied 11% less fuel oil per day on average in July compared ...

+ The U.S.-Canada natural gas and electricity trade value rose in 2025—Although the total value of energy trade between the United States and...

+ UK Natural Gas Rises Further—UK natural gas prices rose further to 140 pence per therm on Friday, r...

+ India’s ONGC sees modest output growth; Western Offshore to drive gains in FY 2027-28—Indias leading state-run explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp. expects it...

+ The Commodities Feed: Oil under pressure as Iran and Oman reach Hormuz deal—Energy US exports record volumes of distillates ICE Brent continues t...

+ The Arb View: Atlantic Basin barrels come into play—Red Sea disruption has tightened Dubai and reopened west-to-east arbs,...

+ Westwood Insight – Offshore Field Development Capex to Reach US$137bn in 2026—Global offshore field development capex is forecast to reach US$137 bi...

+ Wartime experience bolsters Ukraine’s winter gas prep, says Naftogaz acting CEO—Lessons learned over the last four-plus years of war have helped Ukrai...

+ UK Natural Gas Prices Rebound—UK natural gas prices rose above 132 pence per therm on Thursday, rebo...

+ More than 100 countries have adopted energy policies to adapt to Hormuz closure: IEA—More than 115 countries have adopted policy measures like energy conse...

+ US crude inventories rise while fuel stocks decline, EIA says—US crude oil stockpiles increased by 2.5 million barrels to reach 407 ...

+ Oil turns higher on reports of Houthi attacks on Saudi tanker in Red Sea—Oil prices rose on Wednesday, reversing some losses logged earlier thi...

+ Trump says Iran will be ‘hit very hard’ if Hormuz Strait not open soon as oil prices fall—Donald Trump said the Strait of Hormuz would open very soon or Iran wo...

+ European gas prices steady near 3-week lows as traders weigh supply risks—European natural gas prices hovered near their lowest levels in three ...

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+ U.S. Middle East crude imports reach highest level since Iran war—U.S. imports of Middle Eastern crude oil are expected to reach approxi...

+ Iran turns to crude exports via Jask terminal amid Hormuz disruptions—Iran is turning to its only crude loading terminal outside the Persian...

+ Costing Australia’s green iron export ambitions—Australia’s fledgling green iron industry will require massive investm...

+ Russian oil product exports hit decade low in July amid Ukraine strikes—Russian seaborne exports of petroleum refined products fell to the low...

+ US distillate fuel exports hit record high amid supply concerns—The United States exported 1.9 million barrels per day of distillate f...

+ Argentina river pilots’ strike paralyzes grain export corridors—A strike by Argentine river pilots is disrupting grain export flows in...

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+ Global economic upturn led by advanced economies as emerging market expansion fades—PMI survey data from SP Global showed worldwide economic growth streng...

+ U.S. economy unexpectedly loses 23,000 jobs in July—The U.S. economy unexpectedly shed 23,000 jobs in July, while gains in...

+ Evolving, not over: The new reality of Hong Kong’s economy—The recent article by the American economist Stephen Roach, “Yes, the ...

+ Japan Leading Index Holds Near 5-Year High—Japan’s leading economic index, which gauges the outlook for economic ...

+ German industry shows surprising resilience in June—Industrial production continues its cyclical recovery. In June, German...

+ China Foreign Exchange Reserves Expand—Official foreign exchange reserves kept by the Peoples Bank of China r...

+ China trade balance grows more than expected in July on exports boost—China logged a bigger-than-expected trade balance in July, buoyed by o...

+ Falling eurozone retail sales underscore the softness of household consumption—Eurozone retail sales fell by 0.3% month-on-month in June, following a...

+ Jobless Claims Edge Up Slightly, Beating Forecasts—The latest data on Initial Jobless Claims in the United States reveals...

+ Wholesale inventories rise less than expected, indicating cautious outlook—In a recent release, the U.S. wholesale inventories data showed a mode...

+ US Firms Announce the Fewest Job Cuts in Two Years—US-based employers announced 33,429 job cuts in July 2026, the fewest ...

+ Eurozone Construction Contraction Eases in July—The SP Global Eurozone Construction PMI came in at 44.3 in July 2026, ...

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