{
  "id": 19332949,
  "title": "Oil giants cash in on the US-Iran conflict. Can an EU-wide tax on oil profits ease the energy crisis?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/oil-giants-cash-in-on-the-us-iran-conflict-can-an-eu-wide-tax-on-oil",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-10T11:00:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/oil-giants-cash-in-on-the-us-iran-conflict-can-an-eu-wide-tax-on-oil-profits-ease-the-energy-crisis/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Since the US-Iran conflict began on February 28, Europeans have faced higher energy bills. The added costs have gone straight into large oil companies’ pockets. Greenpeace estimates that oil companies earned €36 billion more from EU diesel and petrol sales than before the war, based on the difference between crude oil and net fuel prices. ...",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}