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The oil price crunch is looming
A sharp disruption to oil supply has pushed prices higher, but the market response so far suggests a relatively contained reaction.
4 May 2026
A sharp disruption to oil supply has pushed prices higher, but the market response so far suggests a relatively contained reaction.
Christof Rühl – Global Advisor, Crystol Energy From a short-term perspective, the United Arab Emirates’ surprise exit from OPEC can be read as the confluence
A sharp disruption to oil supply has pushed prices higher, but the market response so far suggests a relatively contained reaction.
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Christof Rühl Christof Rühl, Member of the Advisory Board of Crystol Energy and Senior Research Scholar at the Center of Global Energy Policy at Columbia