Brent Crude A tracked procurement-relevant organisation, company, supplier, country, region, port, commodity, regulator, route or similar subject.
- Type The kind of entity being tracked, such as Company, Country, Port, Commodity or Regulator.
- Commodity
- Record status The current record state of the entity, such as active, merged or archived.
- Active
- Review status The internal editorial review state of the entity record.
- Pending
- Description
- North Sea crude oil price benchmark. Accepted collision risk: 'Brent' is also a London borough - judged low-frequency enough in this corpus (a commodities/procurement platform) to be worth it.
- Procurement relevance
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- Importance An analyst-assigned input describing how strategically important the entity is. This is one of the inputs used to calculate Entity Criticality below -- Importance is the judgement call an analyst makes; Entity Criticality is the deterministic score calculated from it.
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- Strategic
- No
- Critical supplier
- No
- Watchlist Marks an entity for closer monitoring when new relevant signals or events mention it.
- Not watched
- Mentions The number of distinct real collected signals in which the entity has been identified.
- 48
- First seen
- 2026-07-07 00:00:00
- Last seen
- 2026-08-20 11:30:00
- Record type
- REAL
Entity Criticality A deterministic 0-100 score and Tier 1-5 rating of how structurally important this entity is to procurement and supply chains in general -- computed from its importance level, critical-supplier/strategic/watchlist flags and entity type. Country and Region entities are not scored here; they contribute through geographic exposure instead. This is a global assessment, not specific to any one customer's own exposure.
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TIER 1 · PERIPHERAL
0/100
Whether this entity's criticality inputs have actually been reviewed. A score of 0 can mean either 'assessed and found unimportant' or 'never assessed yet' -- this indicator distinguishes the two so an unassessed entity is never mistaken for a confirmed low-criticality one. UNASSESSED
ENTITY CRITICALITY: 0 — TIER 1, PERIPHERAL Limiting factor: Importance level not set (70 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY: no curated inputs have been set for this entity yet -- this score reflects the absence of assessment, not a confirmed low-criticality finding.
Calculated 2026-08-01 11:36:35 (calculation version v1).
Current Status
4 open events Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event. · 4 total linked events · 0 Developing Intelligence threads · 0 report appearances · Not watched
Events Canonical events linked to this entity that are still Breaking, Active or Monitoring -- not yet Closed, rejected or merged into another event.
| Headline The concise title of the canonical procurement event. | Type The kind of real-world development identified, such as a supply shortage, contract award, regulatory change or production disruption. | Significance Significance estimates the potential procurement impact of the event, including factors such as supply, cost, operations, geography and strategic importance. | Confidence Confidence indicates how reliable ProcIntel considers the event assessment based on the quality, quantity and independence of the supporting evidence. It does not measure the event's importance. | Lifecycle Lifecycle shows the current state of the development: Breaking is newly detected, Active remains current, Monitoring is being watched for further changes, and Closed is no longer actively developing. | Review The internal review status of the event record. It is separate from the real-world lifecycle of the underlying development. | Articles The number of source articles linked to this canonical event. Several articles may describe the same underlying development. | Evidence strength A plain-language assessment of how much independent evidence supports the Developing Intelligence thread. |
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| Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows | Commodity price movement | 3 · Material | 2 · Low | Breaking | Pending | 1 | Low |
| Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands | Commodity price movement | 3 · Material | 2 · Low | Breaking | Pending | 1 | Low |
| Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands | Production disruption | 3 · Material | 2 · Low | Breaking | Pending | 1 | Low |
| Oil prices rise as Brent climbs above $90 per barrel | Commodity price movement | 3 · Material | 2 · Low | Breaking | Pending | 1 | Low |
Developing Intelligence An evolving procurement situation made up of several distinct but clearly related events over time.
No Developing Intelligence threads
This entity is not currently part of any Developing Intelligence thread.
Reports Weekly Intelligence Report editions in which an event or Developing Intelligence thread linked to this entity has appeared.
No report appearances
This entity has not yet appeared in any Weekly Intelligence Report edition.
Relationships A structured link between two entities, such as a company operating at a port or a regulator overseeing an industry.
No relationships recorded yet
Relationship intelligence will populate automatically as evidence is gathered.
Timeline Every recorded action involving this entity -- source mentions, linked events being created or updated, Developing Intelligence links, report appearances and entity-record actions such as merges -- in one dated feed. Nothing here is inferred; each entry is drawn from an existing record.
| Date | What happened | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 11:30:00 | Mentioned in "Brent Oil Price Tops $93 as U.S.-Iran Impasse Persists" | The text "Brent Crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-20 04:31:54 | Mentioned in "Trump threatens countries doing business with Iran" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-19 07:47:33 | Created — "Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows" | Commodity price movement: 'Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows' (lifecycle=Breaking) |
| 2026-08-19 07:47:33 | Pri Recalculated — "Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows" | PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: no eligible entities. |
| 2026-08-19 07:47:33 | Pri Recalculated — "Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows" | PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 6/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient. |
| 2026-08-19 07:47:33 | Article Linked — "Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows" | source_item #10195 |
| 2026-08-19 07:47:33 | Significance Changed — "Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows" | 3 |
| 2026-08-19 07:47:33 | Confidence Changed — "Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows" | 2 |
| 2026-08-19 07:47:33 | Pri Recalculated — "Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows" | PRI: 17 — MINIMAL Base risk 37/100 × Low confidence multiplier (0.45). Highest contributor: Significance 61/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (+24 of 40). Limiting factor: Linked-entity criticality 4/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap -- DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient (29 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient. |
| 2026-08-19 05:40:00 | Mentioned in "Oil Prices Rise for Fourth Day as Hormuz Traffic Slows" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-19 04:38:35 | Mentioned in "Oil near four-week high after new Iran attack on UAE" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-19 00:00:00 | Mentioned in "5 Energy Stocks Cashing In On The New Energy Crunch" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-18 09:00:00 | Mentioned in "Brent Tops $91 After Unidentified Projectile Hits Vessel Transiting Hormuz" | The text "Brent Crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-18 04:37:00 | Mentioned in "Oil rises above $90 as US-Iran interim deal expires" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-18 04:35:44 | Mentioned in "U.S.-Iran Tensions Push Oil Prices Higher as Diesel Margins Hit Records" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-18 01:40:00 | Mentioned in "Oil prices climb, bond yields rise as US-Iran ceasefire expires" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-17 05:30:00 | Mentioned in "Hormuz Tanker Traffic Slows to a Trickle" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-17 05:03:00 | Mentioned in "Strait of Hormuz traffic drops sharply while oil prices gain" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-16 23:53:00 | Mentioned in "Oil steadies with Lebanon tensions and Hormuz risks in focus" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-15 12:27:00 | Mentioned in "Oil rises by over 1%, with Brent reaching $88.52 per barrel" | The text "Brent futures" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-14 15:12:00 | Mentioned in "Stocks at record highs; cooler US inflation eclipses oil rally" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-14 05:40:00 | Mentioned in "Oil Prices Head for 4% Weekly Gain as U.S.-Iran Deadlock Drags On" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-14 04:44:00 | Mentioned in "US plans tougher Iran sanctions as more UAE tankers attacked" | The text "Brent futures" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-13 17:00:00 | Mentioned in "Jefferies: Diesel Cracks Reveal the Real Oil Market Squeeze" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-13 06:53:00 | Mentioned in "Stocks inch up, oil dips as traders eye US-Iran talks" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-13 05:25:00 | Mentioned in "Oil Prices Fall as OPEC and IEA Slash 2026 Demand Outlooks" | The text "Brent Crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-13 04:57:00 | Mentioned in "Iran war tensions over Hormuz fail to lift oil prices" | The text "Brent futures" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-12 15:30:00 | Mentioned in "Trump Puts 81 Million Gulf Acres Up for Oil and Gas Auction" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-12 09:30:00 | Mentioned in "Brent Tops $89 Amid U.S.-Iran Stalemate Over Hormuz" | The text "Brent Crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-12 02:15:47 | Mentioned in "Oil Price Today (August 12): Crude oil reclaims $90 again after fresh attacks on ships. What are experts saying?" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-11 20:08:33 | Mentioned in "US stocks: US market ends down as Iran peace deal optimism fades" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-11 04:39:37 | Mentioned in "Oil Prices Climb as U.S.-Iran Peace Hopes Fade" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-11 02:21:00 | Mentioned in "Oil Price Today (August 11): Crude oil rises to $88 after Trump's compensation demand dents Hormuz opening. Here's why" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-11 00:00:00 | Mentioned in "The Hormuz Shock Is Far From Over" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-11 00:00:00 | Mentioned in "EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) — Brent Crude Oil Price Forecast — Released August 11, 2026" | The text "Brent Crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-11 00:00:00 | Mentioned in "EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) — Brent Crude Oil Price Forecast — Released August 11, 2026" | The text "Brent Crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-10 14:00:00 | Mentioned in "Bullish Oil Bets Shrink for a Second Week Running, COT Data Show" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-10 10:44:20 | Mentioned in "Oil Rises on Uncertainty Over Reopening of Hormuz" | The text "Brent crude" in the article matched a known alias of Brent Crude. |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Created — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | Production disruption: 'Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands' (lifecycle=Breaking) |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Pri Recalculated — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: no eligible entities. |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Pri Recalculated — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 6/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient. |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Article Linked — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | source_item #5612 |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Significance Changed — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | 3 |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Confidence Changed — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | 2 |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Pri Recalculated — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | PRI: 17 — MINIMAL Base risk 38/100 × Low confidence multiplier (0.45). Highest contributor: Significance 63/100, normalised to this factor's 40-point cap (+25 of 40). Limiting factor: Linked-entity criticality 4/100, normalised to this factor's 30-point cap -- DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient (29 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient. |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Created — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | Commodity price movement: 'Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands' (lifecycle=Breaking) |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Pri Recalculated — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 5/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: no eligible entities. |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Pri Recalculated — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | PRI: 1 — MINIMAL Base risk 6/100 × Very Low confidence multiplier (0.15). Highest contributor: A single event -- not yet corroborated by a separate clustered event (neutral baseline, not a penalty) (+5 of 15). Limiting factor: No Significance score yet (event has no linked articles) (40 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY WARNING: all linked entities data insufficient. |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Article Linked — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | source_item #5612 |
| 2026-08-10 06:18:45 | Significance Changed — "Oil Prices Rise as Iran Hardens Hormuz Demands" | 3 |
Aliases
Review History
| Date | Action | Previous | New | Reviewer | Note |
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| 2026-07-31 12:56:34 | Alias Added | — | Brent | — | — |
| 2026-07-31 12:56:34 | Created | — | Brent Crude | — | — |
| 2026-07-31 13:26:11 | Alias Removed | Brent | — | Stage 7.7 Brent fix | — |
| 2026-07-31 13:26:11 | Alias Added | — | Brent oil | Stage 7.7 Brent fix | — |
| 2026-07-31 13:26:11 | Alias Added | — | Brent futures | Stage 7.7 Brent fix | — |
| 2026-07-31 13:26:11 | Alias Added | — | Brent price | Stage 7.7 Brent fix | — |
| 2026-08-01 11:36:35 | Criticality Recalculated | score=None, tier=None | score=0, tier=1 | Stage 9.5B backfill (recompute-only, no input change) | ENTITY CRITICALITY: 0 — TIER 1, PERIPHERAL Limiting factor: Importance level not set (70 points below its maximum). DATA QUALITY: no curated inputs have been set for this entity yet -- this score reflects the absence of assessment, not a confirmed low-criticality finding. |