Oil Slips 0.6% as Demand Concerns Offset Hormuz Risk
Oil prices slip as weaker demand forecasts offset Strait of Hormuz risks. Brent falls to $88.56 while U.S. inventories surge 17.4 million…
By Arslan Ali Butt · Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min readExplore oil and commodities news covering WTI, Brent, natural gas, metals and global supply chains. We follow OPEC+, EIA inventories, production policy, geopolitics, weather and demand indicators alongside technical structure.Explore: Oil and natural gas · Gold and silver · Commodity forecastsWhere does the data come from? Official agencies, central banks, company filings and established financial news services identified in our articles.
Oil prices slip as weaker demand forecasts offset Strait of Hormuz risks. Brent falls to $88.56 while U.S. inventories surge 17.4 million…
By Arslan Ali Butt · Aug 13, 2026 · 3 min read
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