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An armed group shut a valve on the Sharara field’s oil pipeline.
Oil production plummeted over the last few hours.
The Sharara field is Libya’s largest. Valve number 7 was shut, and that caused a buildup of pressure in the pipeline, the National Oil Corporation confirmed.
The crude from that field travels to the port of Zawiya for export. With that route blocked, global supply takes another hit, just as the Middle East remains complicated.
This isn’t the first time Sharara has been caught up in armed disputes.
What caught your attention most about this situation?
The wholesale gas no longer takes as long to show up on your bill.
The ECB published its economic bulletin and left one thing clear. This rise in wholesale gas prices is now being passed on to consumers and electricity faster than before.
In most Eurozone countries, this impact can show up in inflation within one to three months.
Even so, the pressure on electricity in 2026 has been lower than in 2022. Partly because of the greater share of renewables in power generation.
The data shows that gas is still moving the needle on prices.
Are you surprised that the pass-through is so fast?
Coal is gaining ground again due to the Strait of Hormuz.
The International Energy Agency confirmed that global demand will break records. The closure of this key route forced several countries to put oil and gas on the back burner.
Now coal is the immediate option to fill that energy gap while renewables finish taking off. It’s curious to see how a geopolitical tension can reverse years of energy transition in just a few months.
This move in energy markets often stirs up the stability of the dollar and safe-haven assets like $XAU .
Did you imagine we’d end up depending so much on coal again?