{
  "id": 7295748,
  "title": "Not all barrels are equal: Iran war creates sour crude shortfall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/not-all-barrels-are-equal-iran-war-creates-sour-crude-shortfall",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-14T10:00:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hellenic Shipping News",
    "slug": "hellenic-shipping-news",
    "url": "https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/not-all-barrels-are-equal-iran-war-creates-sour-crude-shortfall/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The US-Iran war has upended global crude trade flows not just by limiting the volume of oil reaching the market, but also by creating a structural deficit in the specific type of crudes that the world’s more complex refineries need most. Not all barrels are created equal, as is illustrated in the Platts Periodic Table ...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Brent crude surges above $108 as Israeli-US war on Iran shows no sign of ending",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/14/brent-crude-surges-above-108-as-israeli-us-war-on-iran-shows-no-sign",
        "published": "2026-09-14T11:23:23.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}