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Energy security, oil stocks and investment
Strategic reserves, inventories, investment and new supply.
Energy security is the ability to keep fuel flowing when supply is disrupted. In 2026 it depended on emergency stocks, spare production capacity, alternative routes and the speed at which new supply could be brought on.
These articles cover strategic reserves, inventories, investment and the new supply coming from the Americas.
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Energy Security in 2026 — Investment, Bypass Routes, Oil Stocks and LNG
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China’s Global Energy Investments: Upstream Stakes, LNG Deals and Pipelines
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Americas Oil Supply in 2026 — US Shale, Guyana, Brazil and Vaca Muerta
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China’s Energy Security 2026: Oil Stockpiles, Imports and Diversification
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Diesel Prices in 2026 — Inside the Middle-Distillate Squeeze
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Iran and the Strait of Hormuz: What It Means for World Energy Trade
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Iran’s Oil Production and Exports in 2026: Volumes, Capacity and Trends
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Iran’s Oil Fields and Reserves: Ahvaz, Gachsaran, Marun and the Outlook
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Iran’s Natural Gas: South Pars, Regional Exports and LNG Potential
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Europe Without Gulf LNG: Can the EU Get Through Winter 2026–27?
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Europe’s Reliance on US LNG: Prices, Contracts and Supplier Risk
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Europe’s Gas Playbook for 2026: Storage, Demand Cuts and Coal
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China’s Renewable and Nuclear Build-Out: What It Means for Oil and Gas
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The 2026 Oil Market — Supply Shock, OPEC+ Policy and the Path of Brent
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Brent Price Forecast 2027 — What the EIA, IEA and Major Banks Expect
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OPEC+ Spare Capacity in 2027 — Quotas, Shut-ins and the November Meetings
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Türkiye Energy Hub in 2026 — Ceyhan, Iraqi Oil and Routes Around Hormuz
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LPG Prices 2026 — Hormuz Losses, Record US Propane Exports and Saudi CP
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- UK mulls scrapping largest untapped oilfield as Brent tops $100
- IEA's Birol: energy prices unlikely to return to pre-war levels in 2027
- Saudi crude output rises 12.2% to 8 million b/d in September
- Saudi Arabia and Singapore announce an oil storage arrangement
- EIA edges its 2026 US crude output forecast closer to 14 million b/d
- Rystad: the war has added $39 billion to the world's LNG bill
- IEA Warns of Dangerous Concentration in Global Clean Energy Supply Chains (opens in a new tab)
- Pentagon's Venezuelan Oil Partner Boosts Output (opens in a new tab)
- US NatGas Storage Build Seen Below Average as LNG Hits New Highs (opens in a new tab)
- SLB Sees Growth Driven by ME Oil Field Recovery (opens in a new tab)
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