Signal · Commodities & Input Costs
Crude oil prices and refinery margins generally increased throughout the third quarter
What the source reported
Source-reportedPetroleum markets in the third quarter of 2026 (3Q26) were characterized by increasing prices for crude oil and petroleum products amid persistent conflict in the Middle East.
- Publication
- EIA Today in Energy · Commodity/Energy Organisation
- Published
- 5th October 2026
- Original report
- eia.gov
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Commodities & Input Costs
- Geography
- Global, US
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 5th October 2026 · 13:47
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.
Initial Significance Moderate (20.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (39/100, data sufficiency: Insufficient). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (28.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points). Capped at 39 (Low) -- insufficient structured evidence to support a higher Confidence reading, regardless of source authority.
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Likely Event Severity