{
  "id": 703812,
  "title": "US EIA raises Brent outlook to $87/b on Hormuz shipping constraints",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/us-eia-raises-brent-outlook-to-87-b-on-hormuz-shipping-constraints",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-12T21:00:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/us-eia-raises-brent-outlook-to-87-b-on-hormuz-shipping-constraints/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US Energy Information Administration raised Aug. 11 its Brent crude oil price outlook for 2026 to $87/barrel, up $5 from a month ago, due to constraints on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz impacting oil production. “We have increased our estimates of Middle East shut-in crude oil production in the coming months compared with ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}