EnergyReader · 2026-08-05 18:30

FEMA enters peak hurricane season shorthanded as crude trades near three-month lows

By EnergyReader Newsroom · August 5, 2026

ICE Brent crude front-month was trading at $78.89/bbl as of Wednesday (2026-08-05), down more than $26 from the $105.61 level Brent touched on Wednesday (2026-05-20) when President Trump insisted the Iran war would end "very quickly." The market has largely taken that promise at face value. Analysts at Citi were calling for Brent to reach $120/bbl in the near term back in May, arguing that oil markets were underpricing the probability of prolonged supply disruption, and PVM analysts warned that global oil stocks could reach critically low levels. Neither scenario has materialized. The front-month has bled through the summer as traders rotated back toward the demand-side narrative and supply began moving again.

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