Oil markets are on alert after Qatar’s energy minister warned that crude could briefly spike toward $150 a barrel if tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked, highlighting the vulnerability of key supply routes for Oil – Brent Crude and Oil – US Crude. The warning coincided with reports that Kuwait has started curtailing output at some fields due to storage constraints, underscoring short‑term supply bottlenecks even as broader OPEC policy remains unchanged.
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Over the past month, Brent futures have risen about 24% while WTI has gained roughly 26%, reflecting mounting geopolitical risk and constrained seaborne flows, with both benchmarks showing a 1‑day technical bias of Buy and Buy, respectively. In contrast, Natural Gas has fallen nearly 29% over the same period and currently carries a short‑term Sell signal, pointing to diverging fundamentals between oil and gas as investors reassess demand, storage, and weather‑related factors.
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