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European Window: Brent Touches $76.00/bbl

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The Dec’24 Brent futures contract saw consistent support this afternoon, moving from $74.88/bbl at 12:00 BST up to $76.00/bbl shortly before 17:00 BST, before weakening slightly to $75.60/bbl at 17:20 BST (time of writing). Price action saw upward pressure this afternoon amid renewed geopolitical risk in the Middle East. In the news, Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 72 people since Thursday night, after Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza. Meanwhile, Lebanon’s economy minister has said the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has displaced more than a fifth of the 5.5 million population, with many fleeing to Syria according to Bloomberg. In other news, due to its increased use of natural gas for power generation, the US is now more dependent than fossil fuel power than China. Fossil fuels had an average share of 62.4% of total electricity output in the US since June, compared to 60.5% of generation between June and September in China, as per Reuters. Finally, according to S&P Global, Portuguese state-owned Galp Energia has begun a second exploration at its Orange Basin block offshore Namibia. The first of four wells, Mopane 1-A, is now known to have been constructed on 23 Oct and may hold as much as 10mb of oil. At the time of writing, the front-month (Dec/Jan’25) and six-month (Dec/Jun’25) Brent futures spreads are at $0.37/bbl and $1.57/bbl, respectively.

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