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Redundancy premium

If you only read one thing this week

Hormuz bypass

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If you only read one thing this week

“Saudi Arabia considers expansion of oil pipeline to Red Sea” – Reuters

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Jul 30, 2026

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1 min read

Data corner

Redundancy premium

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Data corner

That is the number of alternative routes available for Qatari and Emirati LNG bound beyond the Gulf if the Strait of Hormuz is blocked.

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Jul 30, 2026

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1 min read

The businesses behind the backup plan

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The businesses behind the backup plan

One is leaning harder on domestic nuclear power to reduce its exposure to imported gas. One is building the ships that longer, less direct trade routes consume. One is developing the flexible LNG supply buyers now value more highly. None was created by this crisis. Each is well positioned to benefit as the cost of resilience reaches company decisions, contracts and order books – though at different speeds and through different mechanisms.

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Jul 30, 2026

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7 min read

Where the premium is already being paid

Redundancy premium

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Where the premium is already being paid

The cost of having too few alternatives is already showing up in three places: the price of moving energy, the terms under which it is sold and the margins earned by companies that can still turn crude into usable fuel.

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Jul 30, 2026

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The 4.7 million barrel escape route

Hormuz bypass capacity

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The 4.7 million barrel escape route

Saudi Arabia and the UAE built the Gulf’s two main pipeline alternatives to the Strait of Hormuz. On paper, they can carry 8.8 million barrels of oil a day. In practice, the available escape route is considerably smaller.

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Jul 30, 2026

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1 min read

The redundancy premium

Redundancy premium

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The redundancy premium

Five months of disruption have exposed a weakness deeper than lost production. The global energy system can produce enormous volumes of oil and gas, but it has fewer credible alternatives when the routes, terminals and refineries connecting that supply to its customers come under pressure at the same time. That is changing the perceived value of spare capacity – but whether governments and companies will keep paying for it after the crisis is another question.

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Jul 30, 2026

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5 min read

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