Record U.S. Crude Supply Meets Unusually Strong Demand — and Global Ripples Follow

The global crude market is entering a rare phase: the world’s largest producer, the United States, is pumping at record levels and consuming barrels at a pace that defies seasonal patterns. Add tightening chokepoints in Europe, Saudi pricing adjustments, and Libya’s upstream revival—and the Atlantic and Middle Eastern basins are now locked in a complex tug-of-war between abundance and constraint.

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