{"id":7127,"date":"2026-10-16T07:59:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/10\/16\/the-real-price-of-oil-why-its-30-40-higher-than-what-you-see-on-screen\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T07:59:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T07:59:14","slug":"the-real-price-of-oil-why-its-30-40-higher-than-what-you-see-on-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/2026\/10\/16\/the-real-price-of-oil-why-its-30-40-higher-than-what-you-see-on-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Real&#8217; Price of Oil: Why It&#8217;s $30-$40 Higher Than What You See on Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The true cost of oil may be significantly higher than market prices suggest, with physical delivery costs adding an estimated $30-$40 per barrel due to soaring tanker rates. This transportation crisis is impacting companies like Shell, LNG exporters, and refiners, who stand to benefit from tight fuel supplies. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions, particularly a prolonged standoff with Iran, continue to influence energy flows and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108415878-1791992490421-screen-shot-2024-09-27-at-12-35-08-pm.jpg?v=1791992491&amp;w=750\" alt=\"Supertanker\" \/><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Europe&#8217;s natural gas storage levels are a critical concern heading into winter, with low reserves making weather patterns a key variable. Analysts are closely watching energy stocks, with Shell (SHEL) highlighted for its strong LNG business and refiners expected to benefit from ongoing supply disruptions.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;font-style: normal;font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/10\/15\/brian-sullivan-why-the-real-price-of-oil-is-likely-30-40-higher-than-where-it-is-now.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">READ MORE FROM CNBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The true cost of oil may be significantly higher than market prices suggest, with physical delivery costs adding an estimated $30-$40 per barrel due to soaring tanker rates. This transportation crisis is impacting companies like Shell, LNG exporters, and refiners, who stand to benefit from tight fuel supplies. Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions, particularly a prolonged standoff [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108415878-1791992490421-screen-shot-2024-09-27-at-12-35-08-pm.jpg?v=1791992491&amp;w=1280","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[28,29,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","category-global-affairs","category-global-security","rifnote_country-china","rifnote_country-europe","rifnote_country-iran","rifnote_country-saudi-arabia","rifnote_country-south-korea","rifnote_country-united-states"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/image.cnbcfm.com\/api\/v1\/image\/108415878-1791992490421-screen-shot-2024-09-27-at-12-35-08-pm.jpg?v=1791992491&amp;w=1280","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echeloncreativemedia.com\/marketvows\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}