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Events / Shipping disruption

Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)

Dates
2026-02-28 → no end date recorded
Dated to
the day
Status
Ongoing
Scope
Strait of Hormuz / Persian Gulf

What the sources said

Onset date as published by two independent agencies. IEA, 11 March 2026: "The conflict in the Middle East that began on 28 February 2026 has impeded oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz, with export volumes of crude and refined products currently at less than 10% of pre-conflict levels." EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook, April 2026: "The strait has been effectively closed to shipping traffic since military action began on February 28." EIA STEO March 2026 dates the same onset ("the onset of military action in the Middle East that began on February 28"). Reported transit volumes: EIA STEO August 2026 - "crude oil and petroleum liquids transported through the Strait of Hormuz averaged 4.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in the second quarter of 2026 (2Q26), down from an average of 21.6 million b/d in 4Q25 before the conflict began"; IEA commentary 22 June 2026 gives an average of 2.7 million b/d for March-May 2026 against "around 20 million barrels per day" before. Date disagreement recorded, not resolved: EIA Today in Energy of 15 July 2026 dates the US-Iran memorandum of understanding on resuming traffic to 17 June 2026, while the EIA press release of 7 July 2026 dates the same memorandum to 18 June 2026. No end date is recorded: EIA STEO September 2026 still describes flows through the strait as constrained and variable, and EIA STEO August 2026 records renewed attacks on tankers from 7 July 2026. This row is a timeline marker only; it makes no statement about prices.

IEA, EIA, European Commission, European Council and national legislators (cited per row)Verified
Retrieved 2026-09-23 07:22 UTCRevision 1
Source documents (7)
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The event window

What each series was worth from -30 to 90 days around the event date, how far that is from the same series' level at the event date, and how big that move is against the series' own normal variation.

France, all fuels in this run. 20 series can be drawn; 9 cannot be seen at all and are shown as labelled empty panels below.

234 published readings, 26 offsets with nothing published within one period, and 117 offsets on series we cannot see at all. Every one of them is on this page.

Europe Brent spot FOB

Unit: $ per barrelPublished: dailyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+90130.763.52026-01-29: 71.00 $ per barrel, used for offsets −302026-02-13: 69.96 $ per barrel, used for offsets −142026-02-20: 72.75 $ per barrel, used for offsets −72026-02-25: 70.69 $ per barrel, used for offsets −3same print as T0 — 2026-02-27, 71.32 $ per barrel, used for offsets −1, T0, +12026-03-03: 83.28 $ per barrel, used for offsets +32026-03-06: 95.74 $ per barrel, used for offsets +72026-03-13: 103.2 $ per barrel, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 121.9 $ per barrel, used for offsets +302026-04-29: 124.2 $ per barrel, used for offsets +602026-05-29: 92.88 $ per barrel, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset.

Window table for Europe Brent spot FOB: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-2971.00-0.320-0.45%-0.23
−142026-02-1369.96-1.360-1.91%-0.99
−72026-02-2072.75+1.430+2.01%+1.04
−32026-02-2570.69-0.630-0.88%-0.46
−12026-02-27same print as T071.320.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-27same print as T071.320.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-27same print as T071.320.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-0383.28+11.960+16.77%+8.68
+72026-03-0695.74+24.420+34.24%+17.72
+142026-03-13103.2+31.910+44.74%+23.16
+302026-03-30121.9+50.560+70.89%+36.70
+602026-04-29124.2+52.840+74.09%+38.35
+902026-05-2992.88+21.560+30.23%+15.65

One volatility unit for this series is 1.93%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (756 changes). It is not a significance test.

reported crude oil imports, all origins

Unit: tonnesPublished: monthlyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+904,354,1203,360,8802026-01-01: 3,779,000 tonnes, used for offsets −30same print as T0 — 2026-02-01, 3,894,000 tonnes, used for offsets −14, −7, −3, −1, T02026-03-01: 4,135,000 tonnes, used for offsets +1, +3, +7, +14, +302026-04-01: 4,258,000 tonnes, used for offsets +602026-05-01: 3,457,000 tonnes, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for reported crude oil imports, all origins: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-013,779,000-115,000-2.95%-0.13
−142026-02-01same print as T03,894,0000.0000.00%0.00
−72026-02-01same print as T03,894,0000.0000.00%0.00
−32026-02-01same print as T03,894,0000.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-01same print as T03,894,0000.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-01same print as T03,894,0000.0000.00%0.00
+12026-03-014,135,000+241,000+6.19%+0.27
+32026-03-014,135,000+241,000+6.19%+0.27
+72026-03-014,135,000+241,000+6.19%+0.27
+142026-03-014,135,000+241,000+6.19%+0.27
+302026-03-014,135,000+241,000+6.19%+0.27
+602026-04-014,258,000+364,000+9.35%+0.41
+902026-05-013,457,000-437,000-11.22%-0.49

One volatility unit for this series is 23.07%, the standard deviation of its own month-on-month percentage changes over the three years before the event (35 changes). It is not a significance test.

crude-only expected pre-tax price: the T0 bulletin-week price plus what the stored pass-through curves say crude alone would have done since

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedMedium
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.0020.6902026-01-26: 0.7207 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 0.7282 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 0.7312 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 0.7350 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 0.7556 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 0.8073 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 0.9522 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 0.9638 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 0.9722 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for crude-only expected pre-tax price: the T0 bulletin-week price plus what the stored pass-through curves say crude alone would have done since: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-260.7207-0.014-1.95%-1.52
−142026-02-090.7282-0.007-0.92%-0.72
−72026-02-160.7312-0.004-0.53%-0.41
−32026-02-23same print as T00.73500.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-23same print as T00.73500.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-23same print as T00.73500.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-23same print as T00.73500.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-020.7556+0.021+2.81%+2.19
+72026-03-020.7556+0.021+2.81%+2.19
+142026-03-090.8073+0.072+9.84%+7.67
+302026-03-300.9522+0.217+29.54%+23.02
+602026-04-270.9638+0.229+31.12%+24.25
+902026-05-250.9722+0.237+32.27%+25.15

One volatility unit for this series is 1.28%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (155 changes). It is not a significance test.

ECB euro foreign exchange reference rate

Unit: US dollars per euroPublished: dailyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.2031.1422026-01-29: 1.197 US dollars per euro, used for offsets −302026-02-13: 1.186 US dollars per euro, used for offsets −142026-02-20: 1.177 US dollars per euro, used for offsets −72026-02-25: 1.178 US dollars per euro, used for offsets −3same print as T0 — 2026-02-27, 1.181 US dollars per euro, used for offsets −1, T0, +12026-03-03: 1.161 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +32026-03-06: 1.156 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +72026-03-13: 1.148 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 1.148 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +302026-04-29: 1.171 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +602026-05-29: 1.164 US dollars per euro, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset.

Window table for ECB euro foreign exchange reference rate: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-291.197+0.016+1.38%+3.12
−142026-02-131.186+0.006+0.48%+1.09
−72026-02-201.177-0.004-0.32%-0.73
−32026-02-251.178-0.002-0.18%-0.40
−12026-02-27same print as T01.1810.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-27same print as T01.1810.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-27same print as T01.1810.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-031.161-0.020-1.69%-3.81
+72026-03-061.156-0.024-2.07%-4.67
+142026-03-131.148-0.033-2.79%-6.29
+302026-03-301.148-0.032-2.72%-6.14
+602026-04-291.171-0.010-0.84%-1.89
+902026-05-291.164-0.016-1.36%-3.08

One volatility unit for this series is 0.44%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (765 changes). It is not a significance test.

direct crude Hormuz exposure D1

Unit: % of imported tonnesPublished: monthlyUnknownUnknown
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9016.070.002026-01-01: 3.426 to 5.677 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2026-02-01: 10.32 to 14.35 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2026-03-01: 6.447 to 11.28 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2026-04-01: 0 to 4.102 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2026-05-01: 0 to 2.135 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits. The shaded band is the admissible range. No midpoint is drawn, because no point estimate is published.

Window table for direct crude Hormuz exposure D1: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-013.426–5.677not publishednot publishednot published
−142026-02-0110.32–14.35not publishednot publishednot published
−72026-02-0110.32–14.35not publishednot publishednot published
−32026-02-0110.32–14.35not publishednot publishednot published
−12026-02-0110.32–14.35not publishednot publishednot published
T02026-02-0110.32–14.35not publishednot publishednot published
+12026-03-016.447–11.28not publishednot publishednot published
+32026-03-016.447–11.28not publishednot publishednot published
+72026-03-016.447–11.28not publishednot publishednot published
+142026-03-016.447–11.28not publishednot publishednot published
+302026-03-016.447–11.28not publishednot publishednot published
+602026-04-010–4.102not publishednot publishednot published
+902026-05-010–2.135not publishednot publishednot published

No normal volatility is published for this series, so no change is expressed in volatility units. That is a missing input, not a zero.

direct refined-product Hormuz exposure D2

Unit: % of imported tonnesPublished: monthlyUnknownUnknown
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9040.520.002026-01-01: 3.391 to 33.10 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2026-02-01: 5.738 to 28.02 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2026-03-01: 23.73 to 36.18 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2026-04-01: 0.8416 to 4.604 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.2026-05-01: 0 to 17.35 % of imported tonnes. No point estimate is published, so no midpoint is drawn.

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits. The shaded band is the admissible range. No midpoint is drawn, because no point estimate is published.

Window table for direct refined-product Hormuz exposure D2: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-013.391–33.10not publishednot publishednot published
−142026-02-015.738–28.02not publishednot publishednot published
−72026-02-015.738–28.02not publishednot publishednot published
−32026-02-015.738–28.02not publishednot publishednot published
−12026-02-015.738–28.02not publishednot publishednot published
T02026-02-015.738–28.02not publishednot publishednot published
+12026-03-0123.73–36.18not publishednot publishednot published
+32026-03-0123.73–36.18not publishednot publishednot published
+72026-03-0123.73–36.18not publishednot publishednot published
+142026-03-0123.73–36.18not publishednot publishednot published
+302026-03-0123.73–36.18not publishednot publishednot published
+602026-04-010.8416–4.604not publishednot publishednot published
+902026-05-010–17.35not publishednot publishednot published

No normal volatility is published for this series, so no change is expressed in volatility units. That is a missing input, not a zero.

inventory exposure D7: published days of emergency stock cover, carried through

Unit: days of coverPublished: monthlyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9095.8790.292026-01-01: 94.86 days of cover, used for offsets −30same print as T0 — 2026-02-01, 95.33 days of cover, used for offsets −14, −7, −3, −1, T02026-03-01: 94.53 days of cover, used for offsets +1, +3, +7, +14, +302026-04-01: 90.83 days of cover, used for offsets +602026-05-01: 91.34 days of cover, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for inventory exposure D7: published days of emergency stock cover, carried through: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-0194.86-0.463-0.49%-0.22
−142026-02-01same print as T095.330.0000.00%0.00
−72026-02-01same print as T095.330.0000.00%0.00
−32026-02-01same print as T095.330.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-01same print as T095.330.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-01same print as T095.330.0000.00%0.00
+12026-03-0194.53-0.798-0.84%-0.38
+32026-03-0194.53-0.798-0.84%-0.38
+72026-03-0194.53-0.798-0.84%-0.38
+142026-03-0194.53-0.798-0.84%-0.38
+302026-03-0194.53-0.798-0.84%-0.38
+602026-04-0190.83-4.500-4.72%-2.13
+902026-05-0191.34-3.982-4.18%-1.89

One volatility unit for this series is 2.21%, the standard deviation of its own month-on-month percentage changes over the three years before the event (35 changes). It is not a significance test.

crude cost per litre: Brent in EUR/L averaged over the bulletin week (refinery yield not modelled)

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.7130.3352026-01-26: 0.3714 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 0.3742 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 0.3817 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 0.3806 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 0.4615 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 0.5233 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 0.6763 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 0.6445 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 0.5248 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for crude cost per litre: Brent in EUR/L averaged over the bulletin week (refinery yield not modelled): value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-260.3714-0.009-2.40%-0.66
−142026-02-090.3742-0.006-1.68%-0.46
−72026-02-160.3817+0.001+0.29%+0.08
−32026-02-23same print as T00.38060.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-23same print as T00.38060.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-23same print as T00.38060.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-23same print as T00.38060.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-020.4615+0.081+21.26%+5.80
+72026-03-020.4615+0.081+21.26%+5.80
+142026-03-090.5233+0.143+37.50%+10.24
+302026-03-300.6763+0.296+77.69%+21.21
+602026-04-270.6445+0.264+69.35%+18.93
+902026-05-250.5248+0.144+37.88%+10.34

One volatility unit for this series is 3.66%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (155 changes). It is not a significance test.

crude cost per litre: Brent in EUR/L averaged over the bulletin week (refinery yield not modelled)

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.7130.3352026-01-26: 0.3714 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 0.3742 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 0.3817 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 0.3806 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 0.4615 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 0.5233 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 0.6763 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 0.6445 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 0.5248 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for crude cost per litre: Brent in EUR/L averaged over the bulletin week (refinery yield not modelled): value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-260.3714-0.009-2.40%-0.66
−142026-02-090.3742-0.006-1.68%-0.46
−72026-02-160.3817+0.001+0.29%+0.08
−32026-02-23same print as T00.38060.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-23same print as T00.38060.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-23same print as T00.38060.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-23same print as T00.38060.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-020.4615+0.081+21.26%+5.80
+72026-03-020.4615+0.081+21.26%+5.80
+142026-03-090.5233+0.143+37.50%+10.24
+302026-03-300.6763+0.296+77.69%+21.21
+602026-04-270.6445+0.264+69.35%+18.93
+902026-05-250.5248+0.144+37.88%+10.34

One volatility unit for this series is 3.66%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (155 changes). It is not a significance test.

national total oil stocks (Eurostat, commercial holders), with the published days of cover alongside

Unit: tonnesPublished: monthlyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9020,724,16019,740,8402026-01-01: 19,836,000 tonnes, used for offsets −30same print as T0 — 2026-02-01, 20,431,000 tonnes, used for offsets −14, −7, −3, −1, T02026-03-01: 20,309,000 tonnes, used for offsets +1, +3, +7, +14, +302026-04-01: 20,629,000 tonnes, used for offsets +602026-05-01: 20,596,000 tonnes, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for national total oil stocks (Eurostat, commercial holders), with the published days of cover alongside: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-0119,836,000-595,000-2.91%-1.19
−142026-02-01same print as T020,431,0000.0000.00%0.00
−72026-02-01same print as T020,431,0000.0000.00%0.00
−32026-02-01same print as T020,431,0000.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-01same print as T020,431,0000.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-01same print as T020,431,0000.0000.00%0.00
+12026-03-0120,309,000-122,000-0.60%-0.24
+32026-03-0120,309,000-122,000-0.60%-0.24
+72026-03-0120,309,000-122,000-0.60%-0.24
+142026-03-0120,309,000-122,000-0.60%-0.24
+302026-03-0120,309,000-122,000-0.60%-0.24
+602026-04-0120,629,000+198,000+0.97%+0.40
+902026-05-0120,596,000+165,000+0.81%+0.33

One volatility unit for this series is 2.44%, the standard deviation of its own month-on-month percentage changes over the three years before the event (35 changes). It is not a significance test.

not explained by crude: actual pre-tax change since T0 minus the crude-only expected change. Never attributed

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedMedium
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.1060.0002026-01-26: 0.0255 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 0.0253 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 0.0316 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 0 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 0.0195 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 0.0382 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 0.0319 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 0.0259 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 0.0947 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for not explained by crude: actual pre-tax change since T0 minus the crude-only expected change. Never attributed: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-260.0255+0.026not publishednot published
−142026-02-090.0253+0.025not publishednot published
−72026-02-160.0316+0.032not publishednot published
−32026-02-23same print as T000.000not publishednot published
−12026-02-23same print as T000.000not publishednot published
T02026-02-23same print as T000.000not publishednot published
+12026-02-23same print as T000.000not publishednot published
+32026-03-020.0195+0.020not publishednot published
+72026-03-020.0195+0.020not publishednot published
+142026-03-090.0382+0.038not publishednot published
+302026-03-300.0319+0.032not publishednot published
+602026-04-270.0259+0.026not publishednot published
+902026-05-250.0947+0.095not publishednot published

No normal volatility is published for this series, so no change is expressed in volatility units. That is a missing input, not a zero.

Weekly Oil Bulletin price with taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+902.2531.5852026-01-26: 1.659 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 1.671 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 1.669 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 1.650 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 1.701 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 1.952 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 2.189 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 2.164 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 2.125 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for Weekly Oil Bulletin price with taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-261.659+0.009+0.53%+0.37
−142026-02-091.671+0.021+1.26%+0.88
−72026-02-161.669+0.019+1.15%+0.79
−32026-02-23same print as T01.6500.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-23same print as T01.6500.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-23same print as T01.6500.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-23same print as T01.6500.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-021.701+0.051+3.10%+2.15
+72026-03-021.701+0.051+3.10%+2.15
+142026-03-091.952+0.303+18.35%+12.73
+302026-03-302.189+0.539+32.68%+22.66
+602026-04-272.164+0.514+31.17%+21.61
+902026-05-252.125+0.475+28.80%+19.97

One volatility unit for this series is 1.44%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (155 changes). It is not a significance test.

Weekly Oil Bulletin price with taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+902.1561.6622026-01-26: 1.724 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 1.733 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 1.744 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 1.710 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 1.758 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 1.843 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 2.009 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 2.016 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 2.109 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for Weekly Oil Bulletin price with taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-261.724+0.013+0.78%+0.70
−142026-02-091.733+0.022+1.30%+1.17
−72026-02-161.744+0.033+1.95%+1.75
−32026-02-23same print as T01.7100.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-23same print as T01.7100.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-23same print as T01.7100.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-23same print as T01.7100.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-021.758+0.048+2.82%+2.53
+72026-03-021.758+0.048+2.82%+2.53
+142026-03-091.843+0.133+7.76%+6.97
+302026-03-302.009+0.299+17.48%+15.70
+602026-04-272.016+0.306+17.87%+16.05
+902026-05-252.109+0.398+23.29%+20.92

One volatility unit for this series is 1.11%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (155 changes). It is not a significance test.

Weekly Oil Bulletin price without taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.2700.7132026-01-26: 0.7746 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 0.7846 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 0.7830 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 0.7673 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 0.8100 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 1.020 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 1.217 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 1.196 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 1.163 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for Weekly Oil Bulletin price without taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-260.7746+0.007+0.95%+0.37
−142026-02-090.7846+0.017+2.26%+0.88
−72026-02-160.7830+0.016+2.05%+0.80
−32026-02-23same print as T00.76730.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-23same print as T00.76730.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-23same print as T00.76730.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-23same print as T00.76730.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-020.8100+0.043+5.56%+2.16
+72026-03-020.8100+0.043+5.56%+2.16
+142026-03-091.020+0.252+32.88%+12.75
+302026-03-301.217+0.449+58.55%+22.71
+602026-04-271.196+0.428+55.85%+21.66
+902026-05-251.163+0.396+51.60%+20.01

One volatility unit for this series is 2.58%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (155 changes). It is not a significance test.

Weekly Oil Bulletin price without taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.1070.6952026-01-26: 0.7462 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 0.7536 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 0.7628 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 0.7350 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 0.7752 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 0.8456 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 0.9841 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 0.9897 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 1.067 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for Weekly Oil Bulletin price without taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-260.7462+0.011+1.52%+0.73
−142026-02-090.7536+0.019+2.52%+1.21
−72026-02-160.7628+0.028+3.78%+1.81
−32026-02-23same print as T00.73500.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-23same print as T00.73500.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-23same print as T00.73500.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-23same print as T00.73500.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-020.7752+0.040+5.46%+2.61
+72026-03-020.7752+0.040+5.46%+2.61
+142026-03-090.8456+0.111+15.04%+7.20
+302026-03-300.9841+0.249+33.89%+16.21
+602026-04-270.9897+0.255+34.64%+16.57
+902026-05-251.067+0.332+45.15%+21.60

One volatility unit for this series is 2.09%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (155 changes). It is not a significance test.

total tax per litre: price with taxes minus price without taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+900.9830.8722026-01-26: 0.8839 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 0.8859 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 0.8856 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 0.8825 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 0.8910 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 0.9329 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 0.9723 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 0.9682 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 0.9616 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for total tax per litre: price with taxes minus price without taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-260.8839+0.001+0.17%+0.37
−142026-02-090.8859+0.003+0.39%+0.87
−72026-02-160.8856+0.003+0.36%+0.79
−32026-02-23same print as T00.88250.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-23same print as T00.88250.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-23same print as T00.88250.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-23same print as T00.88250.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-020.8910+0.009+0.97%+2.14
+72026-03-020.8910+0.009+0.97%+2.14
+142026-03-090.9329+0.050+5.72%+12.66
+302026-03-300.9723+0.090+10.18%+22.54
+602026-04-270.9682+0.086+9.71%+21.50
+902026-05-250.9616+0.079+8.97%+19.87

One volatility unit for this series is 0.45%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (155 changes). It is not a significance test.

total tax per litre: price with taxes minus price without taxes

Unit: € per litrePublished: weeklyCalculatedHigh
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+901.0500.9672026-01-26: 0.9775 € per litre, used for offsets −302026-02-09: 0.9790 € per litre, used for offsets −142026-02-16: 0.9808 € per litre, used for offsets −7same print as T0 — 2026-02-23, 0.9752 € per litre, used for offsets −3, −1, T0, +12026-03-02: 0.9833 € per litre, used for offsets +3, +72026-03-09: 0.9974 € per litre, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 1.025 € per litre, used for offsets +302026-04-27: 1.026 € per litre, used for offsets +602026-05-25: 1.042 € per litre, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset. At least one print used was published outside the −30 to +90 window; the axis is extended to show where it actually sits.

Window table for total tax per litre: price with taxes minus price without taxes: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-260.9775+0.002+0.23%+0.68
−142026-02-090.9790+0.004+0.38%+1.14
−72026-02-160.9808+0.006+0.57%+1.70
−32026-02-23same print as T00.97520.0000.00%0.00
−12026-02-23same print as T00.97520.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-23same print as T00.97520.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-23same print as T00.97520.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-020.9833+0.008+0.82%+2.46
+72026-03-020.9833+0.008+0.82%+2.46
+142026-03-090.9974+0.022+2.27%+6.78
+302026-03-301.025+0.050+5.11%+15.27
+602026-04-271.026+0.051+5.22%+15.61
+902026-05-251.042+0.066+6.81%+20.34

One volatility unit for this series is 0.33%, the standard deviation of its own week-on-week percentage changes over the three years before the event (155 changes). It is not a significance test.

US proxy - not a European price: US diesel spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).

Unit: $ per barrelPublished: dailyCalculatedLow
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9071.0527.842026-01-29: 32.03 $ per barrel, used for offsets −302026-02-13: 32.27 $ per barrel, used for offsets −142026-02-20: 37.84 $ per barrel, used for offsets −72026-02-25: 43.84 $ per barrel, used for offsets −3same print as T0 — 2026-02-27, 41.49 $ per barrel, used for offsets −1, T0, +12026-03-03: 52.13 $ per barrel, used for offsets +32026-03-06: 58.90 $ per barrel, used for offsets +72026-03-13: 66.83 $ per barrel, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 66.87 $ per barrel, used for offsets +302026-04-29: 54.93 $ per barrel, used for offsets +602026-05-29: 55.17 $ per barrel, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset.

Window table for US proxy - not a European price: US diesel spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-2932.03-9.466-22.81%-3.77
−142026-02-1332.27-9.224-22.23%-3.68
−72026-02-2037.84-3.656-8.81%-1.46
−32026-02-2543.84+2.352+5.67%+0.94
−12026-02-27same print as T041.490.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-27same print as T041.490.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-27same print as T041.490.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-0352.13+10.636+25.63%+4.24
+72026-03-0658.90+17.412+41.96%+6.94
+142026-03-1366.83+25.336+61.06%+10.10
+302026-03-3066.87+25.376+61.16%+10.12
+602026-04-2954.93+13.436+32.38%+5.36
+902026-05-2955.17+13.678+32.97%+5.45

One volatility unit for this series is 6.05%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (733 changes). It is not a significance test.

US proxy - not a European price: US gasoline spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).

Unit: $ per barrelPublished: dailyCalculatedLow
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9044.976.732026-01-29: 19.97 $ per barrel, used for offsets −302026-02-13: 10.43 $ per barrel, used for offsets −142026-02-20: 11.42 $ per barrel, used for offsets −72026-02-25: 13.39 $ per barrel, used for offsets −3same print as T0 — 2026-02-27, 15.87 $ per barrel, used for offsets −1, T0, +12026-03-03: 19.87 $ per barrel, used for offsets +32026-03-06: 20.56 $ per barrel, used for offsets +72026-03-13: 25.33 $ per barrel, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 21.09 $ per barrel, used for offsets +302026-04-29: 34.94 $ per barrel, used for offsets +602026-05-29: 41.27 $ per barrel, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset.

Window table for US proxy - not a European price: US gasoline spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-2919.97+4.100+25.83%+0.93
−142026-02-1310.43-5.444-34.30%-1.23
−72026-02-2011.42-4.454-28.06%-1.00
−32026-02-2513.39-2.478-15.61%-0.56
−12026-02-27same print as T015.870.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-27same print as T015.870.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-27same print as T015.870.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-0319.87+4.000+25.20%+0.90
+72026-03-0620.56+4.686+29.52%+1.06
+142026-03-1325.33+9.460+59.60%+2.13
+302026-03-3021.09+5.216+32.86%+1.18
+602026-04-2934.94+19.064+120.11%+4.30
+902026-05-2941.27+25.396+160.01%+5.73

One volatility unit for this series is 27.92%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (733 changes). It is not a significance test.

US proxy - not a European price: US jet spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).

Unit: $ per barrelPublished: dailyCalculatedLow
T0−30−14T0+14+30+60+9062.7117.062026-01-29: 23.42 $ per barrel, used for offsets −302026-02-13: 21.47 $ per barrel, used for offsets −142026-02-20: 27.04 $ per barrel, used for offsets −72026-02-25: 33.05 $ per barrel, used for offsets −3same print as T0 — 2026-02-27, 30.66 $ per barrel, used for offsets −1, T0, +12026-03-03: 41.29 $ per barrel, used for offsets +32026-03-06: 48.07 $ per barrel, used for offsets +72026-03-13: 56.03 $ per barrel, used for offsets +142026-03-30: 56.07 $ per barrel, used for offsets +302026-04-29: 58.29 $ per barrel, used for offsets +602026-05-29: 43.07 $ per barrel, used for offsets +90

x: days from the event date. Each mark sits at the date the figure was published, which is how the as-of rule answers an offset.

Window table for US proxy - not a European price: US jet spot minus Brent spot, USD per barrel. A proxy for the Atlantic-basin product market, NOT a measure of European refining margins (§H).: value, change from the event date and change in volatility units at each offset.
OffsetPrint usedValueΔ absΔ %Volatility units
−302026-01-2923.42-7.240-23.62%-2.64
−142026-02-1321.47-9.182-29.95%-3.35
−72026-02-2027.04-3.614-11.79%-1.32
−32026-02-2533.05+2.394+7.81%+0.87
−12026-02-27same print as T030.660.0000.00%0.00
T02026-02-27same print as T030.660.0000.00%0.00
+12026-02-27same print as T030.660.0000.00%0.00
+32026-03-0341.29+10.636+34.69%+3.88
+72026-03-0648.07+17.412+56.80%+6.35
+142026-03-1356.03+25.378+82.78%+9.26
+302026-03-3056.07+25.418+82.91%+9.28
+602026-04-2958.29+27.632+90.14%+10.08
+902026-05-2943.07+12.418+40.51%+4.53

One volatility unit for this series is 8.94%, the standard deviation of its own day-on-day percentage changes over the three years before the event (733 changes). It is not a significance test.

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Arabian Gulf to north-west Europe dirty tanker rate

Tanker freight rates are licensed such that public display, onward passing and derived data are all expressly prohibited, verified verbatim, and no open institution publishes a tanker rate.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

EU refined-product benchmark

EU refined-product benchmarks (Platts / Argus) are proprietary with no redistribution grant. US crack spreads are not a valid EU proxy and are not substituted.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

EU refined-product benchmark

EU refined-product benchmarks (Platts / Argus) are proprietary with no redistribution grant. US crack spreads are not a valid EU proxy and are not substituted.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

north-west Europe refining margin / crack spread

No published refining-margin series is held, and computing a margin ourselves would need the licensed EU product benchmarks, which may not be republished.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

north-west Europe refining margin / crack spread

No published refining-margin series is held, and computing a margin ourselves would need the licensed EU product benchmarks, which may not be republished.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

wholesale / rack price

Wholesale / rack price series are proprietary with no redistribution grant.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

wholesale / rack price

Wholesale / rack price series are proprietary with no redistribution grant.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

Not available: reason not classified

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crude-only expected pre-tax price: the T0 bulletin-week price plus what the stored pass-through curves say crude alone would have done since

Neither the most recent three-year pass-through window nor the full sample has a COMPUTED estimate for this country and fuel, so there is no measured crude response to project. No substitute such as full pass-through is used.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

not explained by crude: actual pre-tax change since T0 minus the crude-only expected change. Never attributed

Neither the most recent three-year pass-through window nor the full sample has a COMPUTED estimate for this country and fuel, so there is no measured crude response to project. No substitute such as full pass-through is used.

13 offsets in the window are affected.

Source
European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy (DG ENER)Unknown
Period 2026-01Updated 2026-09-25 14:09 UTCConfidenceUnknownMethodologyDownload CSV

T0 is 2026-02-28. The baseline window is -90 to -31 days. Offsets materialised: -30, -14, -7, -3, -1, 0, 1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60, 90. Method 1.0, calculation event_study-1.0, computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC.

Is Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026) really the reason?

The question splits into dimensions that are measured separately and never added into one number. Each row says whether we can see that dimension at all, and gives one published figure where we can.

Of the eight price-transmission channels this site reports, 4 have data in this run Calculated - a count of the rows below, not a measurement.

Methodology §11.1 publishes the thresholds the sentences below use: all eight channels present for the full comparison, at least three for the claim to be testable here at all, and 2.0 volatility units for a move to be described as outside a series' normal variation. Those are published wording choices, not statistical tests.

Dimensions of exposure to Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), each with its status and one published figure.
DimensionStatusPublished figure, or why there is none
Direct crude exposure (D1)Share of imported crude whose route requires the Strait of Hormuz.Range only6.447–11.28 % of imported tonnes at +30 d (2026-03) · no midpoint
Direct product exposure (D2)Share of imported refined product whose route requires the Strait of Hormuz.Range only23.73–36.18 % of imported tonnes at +30 d (2026-03) · no midpoint
Emergency stock cover (D7)Days of cover the published emergency stocks amount to. A buffer against a supply disruption, not a share of imports, and not a price channel.Observed94.53 days of cover at +30 d (published 2026-03-01)-0.84% from the level at T0 = -0.38 volatility units
Crude benchmarkThe quoted crude price European cargoes are priced against.Observed121.9 $ per barrel at +30 d (published 2026-03-30)+70.89% from the level at T0 = +36.70 volatility units
Refined-product benchmarkThe quoted product price refineries and wholesalers price against.UnavailableEU refined-product benchmarks (Platts / Argus) are proprietary with no redistribution grant. US crack spreads are not a valid EU proxy and are not substituted.
Refining marginWhat refining a barrel into this product earned.UnavailableNo published refining-margin series is held, and computing a margin ourselves would need the licensed EU product benchmarks, which may not be republished.
Freight ratesWhat it cost to ship the cargo.UnavailableTanker freight rates are licensed such that public display, onward passing and derived data are all expressly prohibited, verified verbatim, and no open institution publishes a tanker rate.
InventoriesStocks held, which absorb or amplify a supply change.Observed20,309,000 tonnes at +30 d (published 2026-03-01)-0.60% from the level at T0 = -0.24 volatility units
Wholesale pricesThe price between the refinery gate and the forecourt.UnavailableWholesale / rack price series are proprietary with no redistribution grant.
Pump price before taxThe pump price with excise, VAT and other fuel taxes stripped out.Observed1.217 € per litre at +30 d (published 2026-03-30)+58.55% from the level at T0 = +22.71 volatility units
Pump price with taxWhat a driver actually paid.Observed2.189 € per litre at +30 d (published 2026-03-30)+32.68% from the level at T0 = +22.66 volatility units

Physical exposure to the Strait of Hormuz and price exposure are different questions. A country with almost no direct physical exposure can still see its pump price move, because crude is priced globally - and a series that moved in this window may have moved for other reasons.

What the pump price did around this date

The decomposition page can be pinned to the weeks around the event date, so the pump move can be split into tax, input cost and the part the input cost does not account for.

Price decomposition, 2026-02-21 to 2026-03-30 →

The window is the published event date minus 7 days to plus 30 days. It is a window for looking, not a claim that the event caused what is inside it.

Actual vs crude-only: France, petrol (euro-super 95)

What the pre-tax price did from four weeks before to thirteen weeks after the event week, next to what it would have done had it followed only the crude input cost at the speed the stored pass-through estimate measures. The shaded difference is not explained by crude; it is not attributed to the event or to anything else. No fuel is selected, so petrol is shown.

2026-03-232026-05-25-10010203040c/L since the anchor week
  • Actual pre-tax change(official prices)
  • What crude alone would have done(calculated, with range)
  • Shaded: not explained by crude(not attributed to any cause)

Changes are measured from the bulletin week of 2026-02-23. Crude response taken from the stored pass-through estimate over the most recent three-year window (2023-09-25 to 2026-09-14). The light band is a conservative range, not a 90% interval. The shaded area is not explained by crude: refining margins, freight, retail margins and model error are all inside it, and none is named as its cause.

  • Over the 4 weeks after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), crude costs alone would have moved France's pre-tax petrol price by +18.6 c/L (range +14.8–+22.3); it actually moved +21.9 c/L, leaving +3.3 c/L not explained by crude. Over the same period the US gasoline crack spread, a proxy for the Atlantic product market and not a European margin, widened by 9.9 $/bbl.
  • Over the 13 weeks after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), crude costs alone would have moved France's pre-tax petrol price by +23.7 c/L (range +10.5–+37.0); it actually moved +33.2 c/L, leaving +9.5 c/L not explained by crude. Over the same period the US gasoline crack spread, a proxy for the Atlantic product market and not a European margin, widened by 27.0 $/bbl.

What the numbers support, sentence by sentence

Each sentence comes from a fixed template, chosen by published thresholds. Open “why this sentence” to see the numbers that selected it. None of this text is written by a language model, and none of it attributes cause.

  1. In the 7 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's pre-tax petrol price moved +5.5%, which is 2.6 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    0.775175
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    1.8506629218099147
    t0_value
    0.7350249999999999
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    5.462399238121156
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    2.6131275240602725
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.04015000000000002
    change_pct_from_t0
    5.462399238121156
    observation_gap_days
    5
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.090368414027376
    change_in_volatility_units
    2.6131275240602725
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    0.775175
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    1.8506629218099147
    t0_value
    0.7350249999999999
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    5.462399238121156
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    2.6131275240602725
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.04015000000000002
    change_pct_from_t0
    5.462399238121156
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    5
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.090368414027376
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    2.6131275240602725

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 9c7de5196ed7f211d69f76535b724c6a65b53636ffff7c2045e4a6b0318e7a4b · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  2. In the 30 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's pre-tax petrol price moved +33.9%, which is 16.2 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    0.9840916666666667
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    9.542043932087516
    t0_value
    0.7350249999999999
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    33.88546874822853
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    16.210285479268038
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.24906666666666677
    change_pct_from_t0
    33.88546874822853
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.090368414027376
    change_in_volatility_units
    16.210285479268038
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    0.9840916666666667
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    9.542043932087516
    t0_value
    0.7350249999999999
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    33.88546874822853
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    16.210285479268038
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.24906666666666677
    change_pct_from_t0
    33.88546874822853
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.090368414027376
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    16.210285479268038

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 96c08f60012d8ce3e711348a1dbd69da6f9bf7c224220a18fc6e40815be6847c · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  3. In the 90 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's pre-tax petrol price moved +45.2%, which is 21.6 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.0668916666666668
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    12.590371084784696
    t0_value
    0.7350249999999999
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    45.15039171003257
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    21.59925083399259
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.33186666666666687
    change_pct_from_t0
    45.15039171003257
    observation_gap_days
    4
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.090368414027376
    change_in_volatility_units
    21.59925083399259
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.0668916666666668
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    12.590371084784696
    t0_value
    0.7350249999999999
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    45.15039171003257
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    21.59925083399259
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.33186666666666687
    change_pct_from_t0
    45.15039171003257
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    4
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.090368414027376
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    21.59925083399259

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 41235f15a4b85d3ee3b3b5634913380c7111cc1d7131cef0082e65799f8ac994 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  4. In the 7 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's tax-inclusive petrol price moved +2.8%, which is 2.5 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.75845
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    1.8387217675177083
    t0_value
    1.71027
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    2.817099054535255
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    2.5307940700084277
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.04818000000000011
    change_pct_from_t0
    2.817099054535255
    observation_gap_days
    5
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.1131285187995854
    change_in_volatility_units
    2.5307940700084277
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.75845
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    1.8387217675177083
    t0_value
    1.71027
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    2.817099054535255
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    2.5307940700084277
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.04818000000000011
    change_pct_from_t0
    2.817099054535255
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    5
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.1131285187995854
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    2.5307940700084277

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 20205283867eb63bcfc20e9c7a5021badf881be80710902ebab1c71fe179f8da · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  5. In the 30 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's tax-inclusive petrol price moved +17.5%, which is 15.7 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    2.00915
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    9.600570081924042
    t0_value
    1.71027
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    17.47560326732037
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    15.699537809134856
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.29888000000000003
    change_pct_from_t0
    17.47560326732037
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.1131285187995854
    change_in_volatility_units
    15.699537809134856
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    2.00915
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    9.600570081924042
    t0_value
    1.71027
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    17.47560326732037
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    15.699537809134856
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.29888000000000003
    change_pct_from_t0
    17.47560326732037
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.1131285187995854
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    15.699537809134856

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 1ff5f54972d041864169f5592729ff85732f6cdfb7626e9272511a1326c2c0d3 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  6. In the 90 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's tax-inclusive petrol price moved +23.3%, which is 20.9 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    2.1085100000000003
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    12.676825560661241
    t0_value
    1.71027
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    23.285212276424215
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    20.918709639687734
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.39824000000000037
    change_pct_from_t0
    23.285212276424215
    observation_gap_days
    4
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.1131285187995854
    change_in_volatility_units
    20.918709639687734
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    2.1085100000000003
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    12.676825560661241
    t0_value
    1.71027
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    change_pct
    23.285212276424215
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    20.918709639687734
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.39824000000000037
    change_pct_from_t0
    23.285212276424215
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    4
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.1131285187995854
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    20.918709639687734

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 8e4a7e28963c30fc9d31ef88a9aa569ec705988ede608676379f173ef1b657f6 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  7. In the 7 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's pre-tax diesel price moved +5.6%, which is 2.2 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    0.8099500000000001
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    2.0339873535043234
    t0_value
    0.7672666666666667
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    5.563037622730047
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    2.1577956071152813
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.042683333333333406
    change_pct_from_t0
    5.563037622730047
    observation_gap_days
    5
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.5781114783930685
    change_in_volatility_units
    2.1577956071152813
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    0.8099500000000001
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    2.0339873535043234
    t0_value
    0.7672666666666667
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    5.563037622730047
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    2.1577956071152813
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.042683333333333406
    change_pct_from_t0
    5.563037622730047
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    5
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.5781114783930685
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    2.1577956071152813

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 413c04b6d0bb56c5cf0a15a0ee31fe3be0a578660fada82b7d146322ac8b3fe9 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  8. In the 30 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's pre-tax diesel price moved +58.5%, which is 22.7 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.2165
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    12.869465729798673
    t0_value
    0.7672666666666667
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    58.54983056738204
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    22.710356421001634
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.44923333333333326
    change_pct_from_t0
    58.54983056738204
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.5781114783930685
    change_in_volatility_units
    22.710356421001634
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.2165
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    12.869465729798673
    t0_value
    0.7672666666666667
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    58.54983056738204
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    22.710356421001634
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.44923333333333326
    change_pct_from_t0
    58.54983056738204
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.5781114783930685
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    22.710356421001634

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint d4cf5b6d4206d37037035e8fbd8576ce0e8358d8af6898975d8649e807ce3d33 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  9. In the 90 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's pre-tax diesel price moved +51.6%, which is 20.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.1631416666666667
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    11.447345284519033
    t0_value
    0.7672666666666667
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    51.59549048570685
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    20.012901272161514
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.3958750000000001
    change_pct_from_t0
    51.59549048570685
    observation_gap_days
    4
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.5781114783930685
    change_in_volatility_units
    20.012901272161514
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.1631416666666667
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    11.447345284519033
    t0_value
    0.7672666666666667
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    51.59549048570685
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_PRETAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    pre-tax
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    20.012901272161514
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.3958750000000001
    change_pct_from_t0
    51.59549048570685
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    4
    normal_volatility_pct
    2.5781114783930685
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    20.012901272161514

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint d223dc2bf57cd66e2539c2a4572af80a9cdca65c050a58e27d335c9e60aff002 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  10. In the 7 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's tax-inclusive diesel price moved +3.1%, which is 2.2 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.7009400000000001
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    2.0268472158774045
    t0_value
    1.64972
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    3.104769294183258
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    2.15302493182955
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.05122000000000004
    change_pct_from_t0
    3.104769294183258
    observation_gap_days
    5
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.442049856591747
    change_in_volatility_units
    2.15302493182955
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    1.7009400000000001
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    2.0268472158774045
    t0_value
    1.64972
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    3.104769294183258
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-02
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    2.15302493182955
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.05122000000000004
    change_pct_from_t0
    3.104769294183258
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    5
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.442049856591747
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    2.15302493182955

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 8c32633c824f0d8838278c46366c1a8c2408a92996cba6fccce85d45787928e9 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  11. In the 30 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's tax-inclusive diesel price moved +32.7%, which is 22.7 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    2.1888
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    12.959586549106165
    t0_value
    1.64972
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    32.67706034963509
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    22.660146041598452
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.53908
    change_pct_from_t0
    32.67706034963509
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.442049856591747
    change_in_volatility_units
    22.660146041598452
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    2.1888
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    12.959586549106165
    t0_value
    1.64972
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    32.67706034963509
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    22.660146041598452
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.53908
    change_pct_from_t0
    32.67706034963509
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.442049856591747
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    22.660146041598452

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 8de56583a768e4ffd4e1b7f8f52b8c2b23595257adcaf3becb9c086a25e4954e · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  12. In the 90 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), France's tax-inclusive diesel price moved +28.8%, which is 20.0 times its normal week-to-week variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    2.12477
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    11.524700927192828
    t0_value
    1.64972
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    28.79579565017092
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    19.96865470256982
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.47504999999999975
    change_pct_from_t0
    28.79579565017092
    observation_gap_days
    4
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.442049856591747
    change_in_volatility_units
    19.96865470256982
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (week-to-week)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    unit
    EUR/L
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    2.12477
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    z_score
    11.524700927192828
    t0_value
    1.64972
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    change_pct
    28.79579565017092
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    RETAIL_INCLTAX_FR_DIESEL
    series_kind
    tax-inclusive
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    week-to-week
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    19.96865470256982
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    0.47504999999999975
    change_pct_from_t0
    28.79579565017092
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    4
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.442049856591747
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    19.96865470256982

    Template event.price_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 088e24ec5401a09b8eacb5ab02006a1a3642fb94720a1d04cd842f6c6e300e87 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  13. Over the 4 weeks after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), crude costs alone would have moved France's pre-tax petrol price by +18.6 c/L (range +14.8–+22.3); it actually moved +21.9 c/L, leaving +3.3 c/L not explained by crude. Over the same period the US gasoline crack spread, a proxy for the Atlantic product market and not a European margin, widened by 9.9 $/bbl.

    about FranceCalculatedMedium
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    weeks
    4
    status
    COMPUTED
    country
    France
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    offset_weeks
    4
    proxy_product
    GASOLINE
    proxy_to_date
    2026-03-23
    pass_through_k
    2
    proxy_from_date
    2026-02-23
    observation_date
    2026-03-23
    gap_eur_per_litre
    0.03312743857136011
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","eia_brent_rbrte"]
    anchor_period_start
    2026-02-23
    actual_eur_per_litre
    0.21895833333333348
    expected_eur_per_litre
    0.18583089476197337
    proxy_volatility_units
    2.8999750350600633
    pass_through_sample_end
    2026-09-14
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    9.9
    pass_through_sample_start
    2023-09-25
    pass_through_window_label
    ROLLING_156W
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    0.14822107649925562
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    0.22344071302469132
    proxy_normal_volatility_pct
    27.922644296421584
    Thresholds
    source
    docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.7; horizons are a v1 choice of this module
    proxy_rule
    the proxy sentence is added only when the US crack spread proxy moved by at least UNUSUAL_MOVE_VOLATILITY_UNITS of its normal day-to-day variation over the same weeks
    confidence_cap
    MEDIUM (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.5)
    statement_weeks
    [4,13]
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    weeks
    4
    status
    COMPUTED
    country
    France
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    offset_weeks
    4
    proxy_product
    GASOLINE
    proxy_to_date
    2026-03-23
    pass_through_k
    2
    proxy_from_date
    2026-02-23
    statement_topic
    event
    observation_date
    2026-03-23
    gap_eur_per_litre
    0.03312743857136011
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","eia_brent_rbrte"]
    anchor_period_start
    2026-02-23
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    actual_eur_per_litre
    0.21895833333333348
    expected_eur_per_litre
    0.18583089476197337
    proxy_volatility_units
    2.8999750350600633
    pass_through_sample_end
    2026-09-14
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    9.9
    pass_through_sample_start
    2023-09-25
    pass_through_window_label
    ROLLING_156W
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    0.14822107649925562
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    0.22344071302469132
    proxy_normal_volatility_pct
    27.922644296421584

    Template event.crude_only.computed_with_proxy v1.1 · Fingerprint d4b728e36df19d8314695798c53cbf6f9b4384b8e839fb31964e8b38a6af6f6a · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  14. Over the 13 weeks after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), crude costs alone would have moved France's pre-tax petrol price by +23.7 c/L (range +10.5–+37.0); it actually moved +33.2 c/L, leaving +9.5 c/L not explained by crude. Over the same period the US gasoline crack spread, a proxy for the Atlantic product market and not a European margin, widened by 27.0 $/bbl.

    about FranceCalculatedMedium
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    weeks
    13
    status
    COMPUTED
    country
    France
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    offset_weeks
    13
    proxy_product
    GASOLINE
    proxy_to_date
    2026-05-22
    pass_through_k
    2
    proxy_from_date
    2026-02-23
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    gap_eur_per_litre
    0.09467750570867797
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","eia_brent_rbrte"]
    anchor_period_start
    2026-02-23
    actual_eur_per_litre
    0.33186666666666687
    expected_eur_per_litre
    0.2371891609579889
    proxy_volatility_units
    7.918982333112501
    pass_through_sample_end
    2026-09-14
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    27.034
    pass_through_sample_start
    2023-09-25
    pass_through_window_label
    ROLLING_156W
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    0.1046345994848383
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    0.36974372243113923
    proxy_normal_volatility_pct
    27.922644296421584
    Thresholds
    source
    docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.7; horizons are a v1 choice of this module
    proxy_rule
    the proxy sentence is added only when the US crack spread proxy moved by at least UNUSUAL_MOVE_VOLATILITY_UNITS of its normal day-to-day variation over the same weeks
    confidence_cap
    MEDIUM (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.5)
    statement_weeks
    [4,13]
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    petrol
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    weeks
    13
    status
    COMPUTED
    country
    France
    fuel_type
    EURO_SUPER_95
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_FR_EURO_SUPER_95
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    offset_weeks
    13
    proxy_product
    GASOLINE
    proxy_to_date
    2026-05-22
    pass_through_k
    2
    proxy_from_date
    2026-02-23
    statement_topic
    event
    observation_date
    2026-05-25
    gap_eur_per_litre
    0.09467750570867797
    series_source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","eia_brent_rbrte"]
    anchor_period_start
    2026-02-23
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    actual_eur_per_litre
    0.33186666666666687
    expected_eur_per_litre
    0.2371891609579889
    proxy_volatility_units
    7.918982333112501
    pass_through_sample_end
    2026-09-14
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    27.034
    pass_through_sample_start
    2023-09-25
    pass_through_window_label
    ROLLING_156W
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    0.1046345994848383
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    0.36974372243113923
    proxy_normal_volatility_pct
    27.922644296421584

    Template event.crude_only.computed_with_proxy v1.1 · Fingerprint e75eb431e07f1cae41c77484156ff9e75002493dd6972ab77a780b5a1247fdf7 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  15. What crude costs alone would have done to France's pre-tax diesel price over the 4 weeks after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026) is UNKNOWN: Neither the most recent three-year pass-through window nor the full sample has a COMPUTED estimate for this country and fuel (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §4.5), so there is no measured crude response to project. No substitute such as full pass-through is used (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.2).

    about FranceUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    weeks
    4
    status
    UNKNOWN
    country
    France
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    reason_code
    NO_COMPUTED_PASS_THROUGH_ESTIMATE
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_FR_DIESEL
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    proxy_product
    null
    gap_eur_per_litre
    null
    actual_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_eur_per_litre
    null
    proxy_volatility_units
    null
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    null
    pass_through_window_label
    null
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    null
    Thresholds
    source
    docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.7; horizons are a v1 choice of this module
    proxy_rule
    the proxy sentence is added only when the US crack spread proxy moved by at least UNUSUAL_MOVE_VOLATILITY_UNITS of its normal day-to-day variation over the same weeks
    confidence_cap
    MEDIUM (docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §7.5)
    statement_weeks
    [4,13]
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    fuel
    diesel
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    weeks
    4
    status
    UNKNOWN
    country
    France
    fuel_type
    DIESEL
    gap_label
    NOT_EXPLAINED_BY_CRUDE
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_COMPUTED_PASS_THROUGH_ESTIMATE
    series_code
    CRUDE_ONLY_EXPECTED_FR_DIESEL
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    proxy_product
    null
    statement_topic
    event
    gap_eur_per_litre
    null
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    actual_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_eur_per_litre
    null
    proxy_volatility_units
    null
    proxy_change_usd_per_bbl
    null
    pass_through_window_label
    null
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    expected_low_eur_per_litre
    null
    expected_high_eur_per_litre
    null

    Template event.crude_only.unknown v1.1 · Fingerprint 098ea1f514a65dc4d4275d853d9a888765b9a3b9b67ee02f9685bd8c6fd9730c · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  16. Direct physical dependence on Hormuz-linked crude was moderate (10%–14%) for France in 2026-02. No point estimate is published: the origins concerned export from both inside and outside the Persian Gulf and the split per period is not public.

    about FranceCalculatedMedium
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    band
    moderate
    unit
    % of imported tonnes
    period
    2026-02
    status
    NO_OBSERVATION
    country
    France
    commodity
    crude
    dimension
    DIRECT_CRUDE
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    value_max_pct
    14.3456599897278
    value_min_pct
    10.3189779147406
    exposure_status
    RANGE_ONLY
    value_point_pct
    null
    observation_date
    2026-02-01
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/METHODOLOGY.md §9 publishes no bands
    band_applied_to
    upper bound of the range (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md §3.2: a range has no meaningful midpoint)
    dependence_limited_max_pct
    10
    dependence_moderate_max_pct
    33
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    band
    moderate
    unit
    % of imported tonnes
    period
    2026-02
    status
    NO_OBSERVATION
    country
    France
    commodity
    crude
    dimension
    DIRECT_CRUDE
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    value_max_pct
    14.3456599897278
    value_min_pct
    10.3189779147406
    exposure_status
    RANGE_ONLY
    statement_topic
    hormuz
    value_point_pct
    null
    observation_date
    2026-02-01
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.dependence.range v1.1 · Fingerprint 14ff05680cfc524e7b5ed29e2ffac868f1ca39c93f9aa609ebe723fe743bd350 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  17. Direct physical dependence on Hormuz-linked refined product was moderate (6%–28%) for France in 2026-02. No point estimate is published: the origins concerned export from both inside and outside the Persian Gulf and the split per period is not public.

    about FranceCalculatedMedium
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    band
    moderate
    unit
    % of imported tonnes
    period
    2026-02
    status
    NO_OBSERVATION
    country
    France
    commodity
    refined product
    dimension
    DIRECT_PRODUCT
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    value_max_pct
    28.0249110320285
    value_min_pct
    5.73843416370107
    exposure_status
    RANGE_ONLY
    value_point_pct
    null
    observation_date
    2026-02-01
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/METHODOLOGY.md §9 publishes no bands
    band_applied_to
    upper bound of the range (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md §3.2: a range has no meaningful midpoint)
    dependence_limited_max_pct
    10
    dependence_moderate_max_pct
    33
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    band
    moderate
    unit
    % of imported tonnes
    period
    2026-02
    status
    NO_OBSERVATION
    country
    France
    commodity
    refined product
    dimension
    DIRECT_PRODUCT
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    value_max_pct
    28.0249110320285
    value_min_pct
    5.73843416370107
    exposure_status
    RANGE_ONLY
    statement_topic
    hormuz
    value_point_pct
    null
    observation_date
    2026-02-01
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.dependence.range v1.1 · Fingerprint 3ab774156851f9e09e991dc362f67ad05e9e24a6dce3d38fcda5e7a577c10589 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  18. Available evidence does not show a physical supply reduction: France's reported crude imports in 2026-02 were +3.5% against the mean of the previous 12 months.

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    tonnes
    month
    2026-02
    country
    France
    change_pct
    3.5041864174013244
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    partner_role
    ORIGIN
    value_tonnes
    3894000
    baseline_months
    12
    observation_date
    2026-02-01
    series_source_ids
    ["eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm"]
    baseline_mean_tonnes
    3762166.6666666665
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/METHODOLOGY.md publishes no cut-off
    min_baseline_months
    6
    baseline_months_used
    12
    supply_reduction_pct
    -10
    supply_baseline_months
    12
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    tonnes
    month
    2026-02
    country
    France
    change_pct
    3.5041864174013244
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    partner_role
    ORIGIN
    value_tonnes
    3894000
    baseline_months
    12
    statement_topic
    event
    observation_date
    2026-02-01
    series_source_ids
    ["eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm"]
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    baseline_mean_tonnes
    3762166.6666666665
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.supply.no_reduction v1.1 · Fingerprint cb6be0ebd625632594d69b4561f0f31ff320e2f0932d87ec9676c873acd69058 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  19. In 2026-02, France's oil stocks stood 1.2% above their trailing 12-month mean — inside the 5% either side that this site reads as in line with it, with 95.3 days of cover (as published).

    about FranceCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    tonnes
    month
    2026-02
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    direction
    above
    siec_code
    O4000
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    holder_type
    STK_CL
    series_code
    INVENTORY_FR
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    days_of_cover
    95.325
    metric_status
    COMPUTED
    mom_change_pct
    2.9995966928816293
    observation_date
    2026-02-01
    series_source_ids
    ["eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm"]
    total_stock_tonnes
    20431000
    days_of_cover_basis
    as published by Eurostat (nrg_stk_oem, STK_EUE_DIR); not stocks divided by consumption (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md D7)
    observation_gap_days
    27
    trailing_12m_mean_tonnes
    20182500
    level_vs_trailing_12m_pct
    1.231264709525579
    trailing_12m_observations
    12
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/METHODOLOGY.md publishes no band
    band_applied_to
    the rounded figure printed in the sentence
    days_of_cover_basis
    as published (Eurostat nrg_stk_oem, STK_EUE_DIR); never stocks divided by consumption (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md D7)
    trailing_window_months
    12
    level_vs_trailing_12m_pct_raw
    1.231264709525579
    level_vs_trailing_12m_pct_shown
    1.2
    inventory_material_deviation_pct
    5
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    tonnes
    month
    2026-02
    status
    OBSERVED
    country
    France
    direction
    above
    siec_code
    O4000
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    holder_type
    STK_CL
    series_code
    INVENTORY_FR
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    days_of_cover
    95.325
    metric_status
    COMPUTED
    mom_change_pct
    2.9995966928816293
    statement_topic
    event
    observation_date
    2026-02-01
    series_source_ids
    ["eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm"]
    total_stock_tonnes
    20431000
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    days_of_cover_basis
    as published by Eurostat (nrg_stk_oem, STK_EUE_DIR); not stocks divided by consumption (docs/HORMUZ_METHOD.md D7)
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    27
    trailing_12m_mean_tonnes
    20182500
    level_vs_trailing_12m_pct
    1.231264709525579
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    trailing_12m_observations
    12

    Template event.inventory_level.in_line v1.1 · Fingerprint 86e68ee0304bd4b3e713c72a46cf9aef6bf0aec0b3c29578966269280946711a · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  20. Summary of what can be checked here

    Only part of the chain can be checked for France around Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026): 4 of the 8 series the method compares are available (crude benchmark, inventories, pre-tax pump price and pump price with tax), while refined-product benchmark, refining margin, freight rates and wholesale prices are not. Any claim that rests on the missing links cannot be tested here. Direct physical dependence on Hormuz-linked crude was moderate (10–14%) over the period covered. This page describes what each series did around the event date. It is not a finding about cause: no causal design is published for this site, and a series that moved in the same window may have moved for other reasons.

    about FranceUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    country
    France
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    dependence_band
    moderate
    dependence_range
    10–14%
    channels_available
    ["crude benchmark","inventories","pre-tax pump price","pump price with tax"]
    supply_template_id
    event.supply.no_reduction
    channels_unavailable
    ["refined-product benchmark","refining margin","freight rates","wholesale prices"]
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; the channel list is docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.3
    channels_total
    8
    channels_available
    4
    verdict_partial_min_channels
    3
    verdict_assessable_min_channels
    8
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    country
    France
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    country_iso2
    FR
    country_name
    France
    country_slug
    france
    dependence_band
    moderate
    statement_topic
    event
    dependence_range
    10–14%
    channels_available
    ["crude benchmark","inventories","pre-tax pump price","pump price with tax"]
    supply_template_id
    event.supply.no_reduction
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    channels_unavailable
    ["refined-product benchmark","refining margin","freight rates","wholesale prices"]
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.verdict.partial v1.1 · Fingerprint c37c13e31e7a3e52df1216204c923ecf5b7a029e2a3176d3df13bb875d258472 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  21. In the 7 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), the Brent crude benchmark moved +34.2%, which is 17.7 times its normal day-to-day variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about the event as a wholeCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    95.74
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    11.429511613277612
    t0_value
    71.32
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    34.24004486819967
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    BRENT
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2026-03-06
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    17.72499106459417
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    24.42
    change_pct_from_t0
    34.24004486819967
    observation_gap_days
    1
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.9317383429656259
    change_in_volatility_units
    17.72499106459417
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (day-to-day)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    95.74
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    11.429511613277612
    t0_value
    71.32
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    34.24004486819967
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    7
    series_code
    BRENT
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2026-03-06
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    17.72499106459417
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    24.42
    change_pct_from_t0
    34.24004486819967
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    1
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.9317383429656259
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    17.72499106459417

    Template event.benchmark_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 4ea435198e2ad85179076b27dc38a89512f04178c41f341853cd2dbe9edcddb3 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  22. In the 30 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), the Brent crude benchmark moved +70.9%, which is 36.7 times its normal day-to-day variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about the event as a wholeCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    121.88
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    20.908399390463835
    t0_value
    71.32
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    70.89175546831184
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    BRENT
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    36.69842539827523
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    50.56
    change_pct_from_t0
    70.89175546831184
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.9317383429656259
    change_in_volatility_units
    36.69842539827523
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (day-to-day)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    121.88
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    20.908399390463835
    t0_value
    71.32
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    70.89175546831184
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    30
    series_code
    BRENT
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2026-03-30
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    36.69842539827523
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    50.56
    change_pct_from_t0
    70.89175546831184
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.9317383429656259
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    36.69842539827523

    Template event.benchmark_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint 29bbc9c1226a318de551eedf873f282db221eb9ec716b009f1161b898b5d397c · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  23. In the 90 days after Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026), the Brent crude benchmark moved +30.2%, which is 15.6 times its normal day-to-day variation over the previous three years — outside that range.

    about the event as a wholeCalculatedHigh
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    92.88
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    10.392418306362824
    t0_value
    71.32
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    30.22994952327538
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    BRENT
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2026-05-29
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    15.64909121018224
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    21.560000000000002
    change_pct_from_t0
    30.22994952327538
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.9317383429656259
    change_in_volatility_units
    15.64909121018224
    Thresholds
    source
    v1 choice of this module; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.2 requires the comparison but publishes no cut-off
    volatility_definition
    sample sd of period-over-period % changes over the 3 years before T0, at the series' own frequency (day-to-day)
    unusual_move_volatility_units
    2
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    unit
    $/BBL
    event
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    value
    92.88
    status
    OBSERVED
    z_score
    10.392418306362824
    t0_value
    71.32
    benchmark
    Brent crude
    change_pct
    30.22994952327538
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    offset_days
    90
    series_code
    BRENT
    statement_topic
    event
    variation_label
    day-to-day
    observation_date
    2026-05-29
    same_observation
    false
    volatility_units
    15.64909121018224
    series_source_ids
    ["eia_brent_rbrte"]
    change_abs_from_t0
    21.560000000000002
    change_pct_from_t0
    30.22994952327538
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    observation_gap_days
    0
    normal_volatility_pct
    1.9317383429656259
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0
    change_in_volatility_units
    15.64909121018224

    Template event.benchmark_move.outside_normal v1.1 · Fingerprint da6e291650428ea4feda72840b110dea4b3e2942f69e01f932de816d3716527d · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  24. Freight rates reaction cannot be assessed: tanker freight rates are licensed such that public display, onward passing and derived data are all expressly prohibited, verified verbatim, and no open institution publishes a tanker rate.

    about the event as a wholeUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["freight rates"]
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_FREIGHT_SOURCE
    Thresholds
    source
    CLAUDE.md §1; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.1 (a series with no licensed source is visible as a gap)
    any_missing_channel_is_disclosed
    true
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["freight rates"]
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_FREIGHT_SOURCE
    statement_topic
    event
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.channel.unavailable v1.1 · Fingerprint cbf9fd2371d9caad14a75cea5013e1be30bd2eb2033908f832c88c88067f87e7 · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  25. Refined-product benchmark reaction cannot be assessed: EU refined-product benchmarks (Platts / Argus) are proprietary with no redistribution grant. US crack spreads are not a valid EU proxy and are not substituted.

    about the event as a wholeUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["refined-product benchmark"]
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_PRODUCT_BENCHMARK
    Thresholds
    source
    CLAUDE.md §1; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.1 (a series with no licensed source is visible as a gap)
    any_missing_channel_is_disclosed
    true
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["refined-product benchmark"]
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_PRODUCT_BENCHMARK
    statement_topic
    event
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

    Template event.channel.unavailable v1.1 · Fingerprint 8af490b1ea34e00f40494098d666c15e05cfca35931abd7a50a334f8e61f0d3e · calculation event_statements-1.0 · computed 2026-09-25 14:09 UTC

  26. Wholesale prices reaction cannot be assessed: wholesale / rack price series are proprietary with no redistribution grant.

    about the event as a wholeUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["wholesale prices"]
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_WHOLESALE_SERIES
    Thresholds
    source
    CLAUDE.md §1; docs/PRICE_MODEL.md §2.1 (a series with no licensed source is visible as a gap)
    any_missing_channel_is_disclosed
    true
    Inputs
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["wholesale prices"]
    event_name
    Strait of Hormuz shipping disruption (2026)
    event_slug
    hormuz-2026
    event_type
    HORMUZ_DISRUPTION
    source_ids
    ["ec_weekly_oil_bulletin","ecb_exr_reference_rates","eia_brent_rbrte","eia_us_product_spot","eurostat_nrg_stk_oem","eurostat_nrg_stk_oilm","eurostat_nrg_ti_oilm","reference_hormuz_v1"]
    reason_code
    NO_LICENSED_WHOLESALE_SERIES
    statement_topic
    event
    calculation_version
    event_statements-1.0
    methodology_version
    1.0
    study_calculation_version
    event_study-1.0

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  27. Refining margin reaction cannot be assessed: no published refining-margin series is held, and computing a margin ourselves would need the licensed EU product benchmarks, which may not be republished.

    about the event as a wholeUnknownUnknown
    Why this sentence
    Variables
    t0
    2026-02-28T00:00:00+00:00
    channels
    ["refining margin"]
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    Thresholds
    source
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What this does not show

  • It does not show that the event caused anything. No causal design is published for this site, and a series that moved in this window may have moved for other reasons.
  • A change in volatility units is not a significance test, and neither is a z-score. They measure different things and are not interchangeable.
  • Channels with no licensed or loaded source are shown as empty panels, not as flat lines. “We cannot see this” is not “this did not move”.
  • Nothing is interpolated. Where several offsets resolve to one published figure, that is what the publisher printed, and the change against the event date is zero because it is the same number.

France: supply, refineries and pump prices →

How to read the labels

  • OfficialReported directly by an official authority.
  • VerifiedReported by a third party we have verified against a primary record.
  • CalculatedComputed by us from reported inputs. The method is published on the methodology page.
  • Inferred · highNot reported. Inferred from at least two independent physical records.
  • Inferred · mediumNot reported. Inferred from strong indirect evidence, with no explicit confirmation.
  • Inferred · lowNot reported. Plausible from infrastructure or movement data only. Do not read as fact.
  • UnknownNo defensible public evidence establishes this. We are not guessing, and this is not a measurement of zero.