The current Middle East spot oil prices are approaching $200, while the US remains around $100—this extreme divergence is not fundamentally about "which is cheaper," but rather a fragmentation of liquidity, geopolitical risk, and pricing systems.
On one side is the "wartime price" of genuine supply disruption; on the other is the "delayed price" still buffered by inventory, transportation, and policy cushions.
From historical experience, such price spreads cannot persist long-term—either Middle East prices fall back, or Western markets catch up. Once risks persist, the transmission path is usu
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