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MABUX ARA LNG Bunker Index
Port LNG$/mton MGO LS$/mton Date
ARA
850.00
+133.50
1 009.00
+185.00
Mar 2
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Port	LNG$/mton	MGO LS$/mton	Date
ARA	850.00	+133.50	1 009.00	+185.00	Mar 2

MABUX Global Bunker Index

380HSFO$/mton		VLS FO$/mton		MGO LS$/mton		Date
558.32	+52.26	652.36	+42.47	1 015.11	+116.44	Mar 3

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Correlation between market bunker prices (MBP) and MABUX Digital Bunker Price Benchmark (DBP)

All Indexes in $/mton	380HSFO			VLS FO			MGO LS			Date
All Indexes in $/mton	MBP Index	DBP Index	MDI	MBP Index	DBP Index	MDI	MBP Index	DBP Index	MDI	Date
Rotterdam	544	494	+50	601	550	+51	1 009	904	+105	Mar 3
Singapore	577	494	+83	670	595	+75	990	897	+93	Mar 3
Fujairah	538	456	+82	620	585	+35	990	960	+30	Mar 3
Houston	500	456	+44	603	525	+78	968	840	+128	Mar 3

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- 2026-03-03
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  Oil prices soared about 8% to their highest since July 2024 on Tuesday, rising for a third session as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran widened, disrupting oil and gas fuel shipments in the Middle East and heightening fears of a prolonged conflict. Brent... Read more Oil prices soared about 8% to their highest since July 2024 on Tuesday, rising for a third session as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran widened, disrupting oil and gas fuel shipments in the Middle East and heightening fears of a prolonged conflict.
  Brent futures rose $6.07, or 7.8%, to $83.81 a barrel at 10:35 a.m. EST (1535 GMT). U.S. West Texas Intermediate increased $6, or 8.4%, to $77.23.
  That keeps both crude benchmarks in technically overbought territory for a second day and on track to close at their highest levels since July 2024 for Brent and January 2025 for WTI.
  In addition, the premium of Brent over WTI rose to $8 a barrel, its highest since November 2022. Analysts have said when this premium rises over $4, it supports crude exports from the U.S.
  The U.S. and Israeli air war against Iran has widened since Israel’s first attacks on Saturday. Israel has attacked Lebanon, and Iran has responded with strikes against energy infrastructure in Gulf countries and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas typically passes.
  Tankers and container ships are avoiding the waterway after insurers cancelled coverage for vessels and global oil and gas shipping rates soared. Concerns increased after Iranian media reported on Monday that Iran will fire on any ship trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
  
  "While there are concerns about oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a greater risk to the market would be Iran targeting additional energy infrastructure in the region. This could lead to more prolonged outages," ING analysts said in a note.
  Andrew Lipow, president of consultancy Lipow Oil Associates, said Iran’s attacks on infrastructure could boost oil prices by $10 with Brent going to $90 and up.
  U.S. President Donald Trump said U.S. and Israeli air attacks were projected to last four to five weeks but could go on longer.
  United Arab Emirates authorities are dealing with a serious fire at Fujairah port, state media said on Tuesday. Iraq’s Kirkuk crude oil loadings at Turkey’s Ceyhan port stopped on Tuesday, a shipping source told Reuters.
  Since the start of attacks across the region, oil and gas infrastructure in several countries has been shut down because of damage or as a precautionary measure. Qatar has stopped liquefied natural gas production, Israel has stopped production at some gas fields, Saudi Arabia shut its biggest refinery and output in Iraqi Kurdistan has virtually ceased.
  Saudi oil giant Aramco is attempting to reroute some of its crude exports to the Red Sea to bypass the Strait of Hormuz where the risk of attacks has slowed shipping to a near halt, sources said on Tuesday.
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  That increase in U.S. gasoline and diesel prices caused crack spreads, which measure refining profit margins, to soar to their highest since 2023.
  In global natural gas markets, benchmark Dutch contracts, British gas prices and European and Asian LNG prices all jumped.
  Analysts expect oil prices to remain elevated over the coming days while markets focus on the impact of the escalating conflict. Source: Reuters/Investing.com
- 2026-03-03
  CMA CGM adds new methanol dual-fuel container ship to its fleet
  French shipping group CMA CGM has expanded its fleet with the addition of a new methanol dual-fuel container ship, CMA CGM Osmium. The vessel was officially named in South Korea and is designed to run on both methanol and conventional marine fuels.... Read more French shipping group CMA CGM has expanded its fleet with the addition of a new methanol dual-fuel container ship, CMA CGM Osmium.
  
  The vessel was officially named in South Korea and is designed to run on both methanol and conventional marine fuels. It is one of 12 methanol dual-fuel ships in a 13,000 TEU series under construction at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea.
  
  CMA CGM Osmium will operate on the Asia–Mexico route.
  
  Earlier in January, the company also receivedCMA CGM Thorium, another 13,000 TEU methanol dual-fuel vessel. Source: ENGIИE
- 2026-03-03
  International Group members cancel war cover in Gulf region
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- 2026-03-03
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- 2026-03-03
  Oil rises as expanding US-Israeli conflict with Iran elevates supply risks
  Oil prices rose for a third day on Tuesday as the widening U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran and threats to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz heightened fears of supply disruptions from the key Middle East producing region. Brent crude futures were... Read more Oil prices rose for a third day on Tuesday as the widening U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran and threats to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz heightened fears of supply disruptions from the key Middle East producing region.
  Brent crude futures were at $79.44 a barrel, up $1.70, or 2.2%, by 0400 GMT. On Monday, the contract surged to as high as $82.37, its highest since January 2025, though it pared those gains to settle 6.7% higher.
  U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude jumped $1.17, or 1.6%, to $72.40 a barrel. In the previous session, the contract initially climbed to its highest since June 2025 before sliding back to still settle up 6.3%.
  "With no quick de-escalation in sight, the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed and Iran showing a willingness to target energy infrastructure in the region, upside risks remain and they grow the longer the conflict drags on," Tony Sycamore, IG market analyst, said in a note.
  The U.S. and Israeli air war against Iran widened on Monday with Israel attacking Lebanon and Iran responding with strikes against energy infrastructure in Gulf countries and against tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
  Tankers and container ships are also avoiding the waterway as insurers have cancelled their coverage for vessels, while global oil and gas shipping rates have soared. Concerns about transiting the waterway increased after Iranian media reported on Monday that a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards official said the Strait of Hormuz is closed and warned Iran will fire on any ship trying to pass.
  
  About 20% of the world’s oil and gas pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
  "The market continues to digest the risk of escalation in the Middle East," said ING analysts in a Tuesday note.
  "While there are concerns about oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a greater risk to the market would be Iran targeting additional energy infrastructure in the region. This could lead to more prolonged outages."
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran may take "some time" but it will not take years.
  Analysts expect oil prices to remain elevated over the coming days while markets focus on the impact of escalating Middle East conflict.
  Bernstein on Monday raised its 2026 Brent oil price assumption from $65 to $80 a barrel, but sees prices reaching $120-$150 in an extreme case of prolonged conflict.
  Refined product futures are also gaining as the Middle East is a key supplier of fuels and their processing facilities are at risk. On Monday, Saudi Arabia shut its biggest domestic oil refinery after a drone strike.
  U.S. ultra-low-sulfur diesel futures were up 4.2% at $3.0207 per gallon after reaching a two-year high on Monday, while gasoline futures were up 1.7% at $2.4113 per gallon after climbing 3.7% in the previous session.
  European gasoil futures (LGOc1) gained 4.3% to $925 a metric ton, after climbing 18% on Monday.
  
  Source: Reuters/Investing.com
- 2026-03-03
  Qatar’s Latest LNG Mega-award Signals a Full Strategic Turn to the West
  From the moment that Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, liquefied natural gas (LNG) became the key global emergency energy source. Unlike pipelined energy that requires time-consuming infrastructure build-out and contract negotiations before... Read more From the moment that Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, liquefied natural gas (LNG) became the key global emergency energy source. Unlike pipelined energy that requires time-consuming infrastructure build-out and contract negotiations before it can be moved anywhere, LNG can be bought in the spot market when required and move swiftly to wherever it is needed. As increasing sanctions have hit Russia’s previously enormous global oil and gas exports, LNG’s crucial importance to the world’s energy balance has increased. Against this backdrop, the centrality of the small Middle Eastern emirate of Qatar in the global energy market has dramatically increased and is set to do so further. Its geopolitical significance is further boosted by the fact that it shares its key gas reservoir with neighbouring Iran. Consequently, last week’s awarding of a huge contract to expand LNG production at this key site has been closely scrutinised by the world’s major powers.
  
  Qatar’s positioning in the months before Russia moved into Ukraine gave the impression that Doha was edging closer to the emerging China–Russia axis. The signal came through a burst of long-dated LNG supply agreements with Chinese buyers, with the first landing in March 2021, when Sinopec and Qatar Petroleum agreed a decade-long deal for 2 million mtpy of LNG. Another followed that December, this time between QatarEnergy and Guangdong Energy Group Natural Gas Co., covering 1 million mtpy from 2024 through 2034, with scope for extension. Several similarly weighty contracts were signed in quick succession. Beijing and Moscow had long assumed Qatar might lean their way, not least because the emirate jointly straddles the world’s largest gas reservoir -- the North Field/North Dome on Qatar’s side and South Pars on Iran’s -- with Tehran, a strategic partner of both powers. This 9,700 square kilometre reservoir was, and remains, by far the biggest gas resource in the world, holding an estimated 51 trillion cubic metres (tcm) of non-associated natural gas and at least 50 billion barrels of natural gas condensates.
  
  After Washington pulled out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA, or ‘nuclear deal’) with Iran in May 2018, senior officials from Iran’s Petroleum Ministry and Qatar’s Energy Ministry began exploring a fresh joint development framework for the shared field. The logic was straightforward: both states were founding members of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum alongside Russia, and China was the key demand anchor for all three. Around that time, highly placed security sources told OilPrice.com that Beijing had been quietly briefed by Moscow on the outlines of its planned “large-scale special operation” in Ukraine months before it unfolded — not merely in the run-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics, as widely reported. As also examined in my latest book on the new global oil market order, this raised an uncomfortable possibility for Washington: that Qatar’s deepening LNG ties with China might have helped cushion Beijing against the supply shocks and price spikes unleashed by the 2022 invasion.
  
  Qatar soon found itself squeezed by intensifying pressure from Washington, London, and Paris to cool its deepening energy courtship with China and pivot towards long-term supply commitments with Europe instead, above all with Germany, the European Union’s (E.U.’s) economic centre of gravity. In the U.S., U.K., and French circles, Berlin’s reluctance to meaningfully cut its dependence on cheap Russian hydrocarbons after the 2014 annexation of Crimea had long been viewed as a key factor in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s calculation that a full-scale assault on Ukraine in 2022 would again carry limited consequences. With that backdrop, Western governments began leaning heavily on Doha to redirect future LNG flows towards Europe. By late March 2022, this pressure had crystallised into a series of high-level engagements between Qatar and senior Western officials aimed at securing emergency LNG volumes for the transatlantic alliance. After one such meeting — involving Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, German economy minister Robert Habeck, and U.S. representation — then President Joe Biden publicly designated Qatar a “major non-NATO ally”, as also analysed in my latest book. Two months later, Qatar and Germany signed a declaration of intent on energy cooperation, laying the groundwork for Doha to become a core LNG supplier to Berlin. The momentum continued into December 2022, when QatarEnergy and ConocoPhillips finalised two long-term sales and purchase agreements to deliver LNG to Germany for at least 15 years starting in 2026.
  
  As it now stands, Qatar will account for at least 40% of all new LNG supplies across the globe by 2029, according to recent comments from its government. These projections are in line with independent industry figures, with the huge increase in production set to come from the ongoing expansion of its North Field projects. This 6,000 square kilometre field is one part of two sites that constitute the world’s biggest gas field. The other 3,700 square kilometre section is Iran’s South Pars gas field, which accounts for around 40% of the Islamic Republic’s total estimated 33.8 trillion cubic meters (tcm) of gas reserves and about 75% of its gas production. Qatar’s North Field expansion program will see six major new developments in the North Field East (NFE) and North Field South (NFS) by 2029. Four new ‘trains’ (production facilities) – each with 8 million metric tonnes per annum (mtpa) – will be built on the NFE site, and two (with the same production capacity) in the NFS site, totalling 48 million mtpa of new LNG production. At the end of last February, QatarEnergy announced another set of projects – focused on its North Field West (NFW) – that will increase its LNG output from the current 77 million mtpa to 142 million mtpa before the end of this decade. This compares to the 404 million mtpa of LNG traded globally in 2023, and to industry estimates that this figure will reach around 625-685 million mtpa in 2040. It is with an eye on these NFW sites that Qatar very recently announced that it will very shortly sign more long-term LNG supply deals to add to the 25 million tonnes of sales secured last year.
  
  Looking ahead, another near-13 million mtpa of LNG output for Qatar is set to come from its 70% share in the Golden Pass LNG export project that it runs alongside the U.S.’s ExxonMobil. When complete, the 18 million mtpa project in Texas is expected to be one of the largest U.S. LNG export facilities and will help the U.S. maintain its position as the world’s largest exporter of the gas. As the majority owner, QatarEnergy is responsible for 70% of the production offtake and marketing (so at least 12.6 million mtpa). According to very recent comments from the firms, the project has been pulling in around 300 million cubic feet of gas per day, with expectations being that it will start producing LNG within the coming two months. The latest huge award in Qatar’s critical North Dome expansion is to French firm Technip Energies. will cover the delivery of two mega trains, each with a capacity of 8 million mtpa of LNG, for use on the North Field West site, mirroring the firm’s earlier development of two trains for the North Field South project. Although the specific value of the contract has not been disclosed, it is believed to be over EUR1 billion in revenue. QatarEnergy has added that in addition to LNG production, the NFW project is expected to produce about 175,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day of condensate, ethane, and liquefied petroleum gas.
  
  Taken together, these developments point to a more decisive realignment of Qatar towards the U.S. and its allies. Doha may have toyed with a move towards Moscow and Beijing in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine, but the combination of Western pressure, Europe’s urgent need for non-Russian gas, and the deepening isolation of both Iran and Russia appears to have pulled it back into the Western strategic orbit. The emirate’s expanding LNG footprint now underpins energy security strategies in the U.S. and Europe alike, while its long?term supply commitments increasingly run westward rather than east. With Qatar poised to dominate new global LNG supply growth for the rest of the decade, its interests are now more tightly bound to those of Washington and its allies than at any point in the past 20 years — a shift that is likely to shape the geopolitics of gas well into the 2030s. Source: Oilprice.com

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