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Not all barrels are equal: Iran war creates sour crude shortfall

people_culture UTC: 2026-09-14 10:00:33

The US-Iran war has upended global crude trade flows not just by limiting the volume of oil reaching the market, but also by creating a structural deficit in the specific type of crudes that the world’s more complex refineries need most. Not all barrels are created equal, as i...

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