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During 2026 1Q-3Q, WTI Rose by 26% Year-on-Year, While Refined Petroleum Products and Spot LNG Prices Surged Even More: A Japanese Perspective on the International Energy Landscape (813)

Author	Ken Koyama
Summary	The average settlement price of the front-month WTI crude oil futures contract during the first three quarters of 2026, from the beginning of January through the end of September, reached ...
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Keyword	Strait of Hormuz crisis, surge in crude oil prices, tight supply-demand for petroleum products, rise in diesel prices, surge in spot LNG prices, low gas inventories in Europe
Media	ＨＰ (10/2/2026)
URL	https://eneken.ieej.or.jp/en/special_bulletin.html
Report PDF	https://eneken.ieej.or.jp/data/13560.pdf