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Physical crude prices in the Middle East, Europe and Africa jumped to two-month highs, with some cargoes nearing $110 a barrel. Dated Brent hit $105.70 on Thursday, its highest since late May and first breach of $100 since early June, and North Sea Forties reached $108.77 on Friday.
The moves followed Houthi attacks on Red Sea tankers, the collapse of a preliminary US-Iran peace deal, Hormuz export disruption and Ukrainian strikes that cut Kazakh output.
Higher crude raises diesel and freight costs and pushes up energy-linked feed inputs, while rerouted tankers add shipping cost and time. Vegetable oil and biofuel demand may firm as crude rises, supporting soybean oil and palm oil prices.
brecorder.comReutersJul 24, 2026After 656 past bullish geopolitics events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median +1.9% over 5 sessions (63% higher; middle half -2.7% to +6.6%), and +0.7% over 20.
After 626 past bullish geopolitics events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median +2.1% over 5 sessions (62% higher; middle half -2.3% to +8.5%), and +1.6% over 20.
After 250 past bullish geopolitics events, ULSD / Diesel moved a median +1.7% over 5 sessions (58% higher; middle half -3.6% to +8.7%), and +0.9% over 20.
Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Physical crude prices surged with Dated Brent at $105.70 on the collapse of the US-Iran peace deal, Hormuz disruption and Kazakh output cuts, corroborating tight supply, though it is dated after the window ends.
Physical prices and Dated Brent surged on the same Red Sea and Hormuz disruptions plus the collapsed peace deal, confirming the tightness, though it was published a day later.
