Trending News: Linde subsidiary launches 5MW green hydrogen plant in BrazilGolden Pass Says First LNG Export Cargo Has departed From Sabine Pass TerminalBrazil’s Trade Surplus Surges To A Record $14.2 Billion Amid High Oil PricesStrait of Hormuz Traffic Grinds to a Halt Again as Iran Fires on Passing ShipsUK Energy Sec Says North Sea Is an ‘Important Resource’QatarEnergy ships first LNG cargo from Golden Pass in the USQatarEnergy ships first LNG cargo from Golden Pass in the USItochu to offtake 300,000 tonnes of Indian green ammonia for maritime fuel in Asia‘First’ commercial green ammonia bunkering completed in South KoreaHelium 2 plant in Qatar ‘to restart for domestic market’Air Water America consolidates US cryogenic operationsUber invests in Parisian hydrogen taxi firmMulti-year electrolyser delays force supplier switch at 5MW US hydrogen projectAustralian university launches cryogenic lab amid helium import relianceEU hydrogen rules under review: scaling the market without diluting greenIran War May Crush Oil Demand Today, but Send it Soaring Long Term: BoussoTraders Placed $430M Bets Minutes Before Trump Extended Iran CeasefireJapan’s Japex To Quadruple Oil and Gas Production, Eyes U.S. ExpansionHormuz Stalls after Iran Made First Ship SeizuresUS Intercepts Three Iranian Oil Tankers in Asian Waters, Sources Say BP Lockout at Indiana Refinery Stretches Into Second Month as Union Talks StallUS and Iran Deadlocked Over Hormuz After Trump Extends TruceTECHNOLOGY: China’s CATL Debuts EV Battery With Speedy Six-Minute Recharge and a 1,000-km RangeUS Supreme Court Rrejects Enbridge Challenge to Michigan Pipeline CaseOil Flows via Druzhba Set To Restart TodayUK, France Lead 30-Nation Military Push to Reopen Strait of HormuzLufthansa Cancels Unprofitable European Summer Routes to Save Jet FuelTraders Place $430 Million Bet on Lower Oil Price Before Trump Ceasefire ExtensionIran Ceasefire Extension Reduces Immediate Escalation RiskAir Liquide to build $350m ASU for Louisiana steel plantTerra Innovatum secures helium circulator supply dealDeath Toll From Boiler Explosion at Vedanta’s India Coal Power Plant Rises to 24, Triggers ProbesMOL secures AiP for ‘world’s first’ wind-assisted CO2 carrierMunich utility to participate in Neumünster green hydrogen hubChina’s Oil Giants Begin Selling Crude as Refinery Cuts DeepenGlobal Oil Inventories Drift Toward Record LowsAustralian State Bets on Biodiesel To Reduce Reliance on OilOil Prices Rise After Reports Container Ships in Hormuz Hit by GunfireTexan start-up targets disused oil wells for low-cost hydrogen extractionTexan start-up target disused oil wells for low-cost hydrogen extractionVideo | How LNG expansion could impact global helium supplyAustralia Boosts Local Battery Manufacturing With $2.3 Million Grant To Powerplus EnergyTrump Extends Iran Ceasefire Until Talks Conclude “One Way or the Other”Iran’s Covert Oil Trade Persists Despite U.S. BlockadeTrump Weighs Extending the Jones Act Waiver to Ease Fuel PricesMendell Helium leases tube trailer for Kansas helium deliveriesLiquid hydrogen shipping set for first global certification frameworkGuiuan Moves Toward Energy Independence With New Renewable Energy RoadmapEU calls on existing biomethane plants to hike productionEU confirms 2026 review of RFNBO hydrogen rules, eyes role for nuclearEarth Day 2026: Our Power, Our Planet Driving Sustainable Energy and Climate ActionDuo targets Brazil-Europe hydrogen-based iron supply chainGermany raises green hydrogen mandates for road transport in revised billChina’s Solar Exports Hit Record High As Africa And Southeast Asia Drive DemandAndhra Pradesh Powers India’s Clean Energy Future: CM Naidu to Lay Foundation Stone for ReNew’s 6 GW ₹5,400 cr Solar Manufacturing Facility in VizagThree shipping attacks highlight strait security concernsAir Liquide’s latest ASU to supply gases for chips in ChinaKHI eyes Canada for Japan’s liquid hydrogen supply with new partnershipsNew catalyst converts CO2 to CO under low-energy conditionsAG&P to take full ownership of South Vietnam LNG import terminalCalifornian bus operator looks to limit LH2 boil-off at Bakersfield stationChina Oil Buying Set to Return After Stockpile DrawdownUS Crude Oil, Oil Product Inventories Come Crashing DownTrump Extends Iran Truce, BlockadeAI and geopolitics creating ‘perfect storm’ for cyber attacksUkraine Strike Halts Oil Processing at Novokuibyshevsk RefineryOilfield Service Firm Halliburton is Discussing Commercial Terms With Customers for Venezuela OperationsNorth Dakota Crude Output to Rise as Operators Eye High Oil PricesChernobyl at 40: The accident, its impact and how it changed the world’s nuclear energy industryJSC Dalur construction at new uranium deposit gets regulatory approvalIndiana pharma company explores nuclear energy optionsRegulator extends Hermes 1 reactor construction deadlineNorway Pumps Near Capacity as Spare Output Buffer DisappearsSanctioned Iranian VLCC Crosses Hormuz Line Hours Before Ceasefire DeadlineActivists Sue Shell Over Emissions, AgainLong-Haul Flight Fares Soar as Iran War Hits European Aviation HardIran, US Talks Hit Impasse as Truce Nears ExpiryUS Crude and Fuel Exports Surge to Record Highs, But it’s Not Enough: RussellTrump Says He Does Not Want to Extend Ceasefire With IranOil Prices Don’t Reflect Scale of Supply Hit, Analysts SayIreland’s multi-million-euro biomethane rollout hit by EU rulingOil Markets on Edge as Trump Signals No Ceasefire Extension Without AgreementIndia’s Crude Imports Sink Despite Record Russian Oil BuyingUK Unveils 10GW Clean Power Push to Break Gas Grip on Electricity BillsIEA: Strait of Hormuz Has Lost Its Status as Reliable Energy RouteStockholm pipeline doubles biogas capacity in HuddingeDaimler and Volvo reveal new 375kW heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell systemOil Falls on Expectations US-Iran Talks Likely, Opening of SupplyTransTech’s CTR acquires Texas-based AllcryoOnly 5% of energy firms have full supplier visibilityBurckhardt lands compressor deals for Thailand and Taiwan LNG terminalsVideo | How the helium market is evolving after years of disruptionCarbonCure appoints new CEO to drive global growthCarbonCure appoints new CEO to drive global growthCarbonCure appoints new CEO to drive global growthSeven CCS research projects secure funding in the UKTankers Test Hormuz Passage as Ceasefire Deadline LoomsPakistan Is Now Paying a Record Premium for Fuel ImportsU.S. Oil Exports Set to Hit Record HighMahle converts 13-litre diesel engine to run on hydrogen with low NOx emissions
Thu. Apr 23rd, 2026
Trending News: Linde subsidiary launches 5MW green hydrogen plant in BrazilGolden Pass Says First LNG Export Cargo Has departed From Sabine Pass TerminalBrazil’s Trade Surplus Surges To A Record $14.2 Billion Amid High Oil PricesStrait of Hormuz Traffic Grinds to a Halt Again as Iran Fires on Passing ShipsUK Energy Sec Says North Sea Is an ‘Important Resource’QatarEnergy ships first LNG cargo from Golden Pass in the USQatarEnergy ships first LNG cargo from Golden Pass in the USItochu to offtake 300,000 tonnes of Indian green ammonia for maritime fuel in Asia‘First’ commercial green ammonia bunkering completed in South KoreaHelium 2 plant in Qatar ‘to restart for domestic market’Air Water America consolidates US cryogenic operationsUber invests in Parisian hydrogen taxi firmMulti-year electrolyser delays force supplier switch at 5MW US hydrogen projectAustralian university launches cryogenic lab amid helium import relianceEU hydrogen rules under review: scaling the market without diluting greenIran War May Crush Oil Demand Today, but Send it Soaring Long Term: BoussoTraders Placed $430M Bets Minutes Before Trump Extended Iran CeasefireJapan’s Japex To Quadruple Oil and Gas Production, Eyes U.S. ExpansionHormuz Stalls after Iran Made First Ship SeizuresUS Intercepts Three Iranian Oil Tankers in Asian Waters, Sources Say BP Lockout at Indiana Refinery Stretches Into Second Month as Union Talks StallUS and Iran Deadlocked Over Hormuz After Trump Extends TruceTECHNOLOGY: China’s CATL Debuts EV Battery With Speedy Six-Minute Recharge and a 1,000-km RangeUS Supreme Court Rrejects Enbridge Challenge to Michigan Pipeline CaseOil Flows via Druzhba Set To Restart TodayUK, France Lead 30-Nation Military Push to Reopen Strait of HormuzLufthansa Cancels Unprofitable European Summer Routes to Save Jet FuelTraders Place $430 Million Bet on Lower Oil Price Before Trump Ceasefire ExtensionIran Ceasefire Extension Reduces Immediate Escalation RiskAir Liquide to build $350m ASU for Louisiana steel plantTerra Innovatum secures helium circulator supply dealDeath Toll From Boiler Explosion at Vedanta’s India Coal Power Plant Rises to 24, Triggers ProbesMOL secures AiP for ‘world’s first’ wind-assisted CO2 carrierMunich utility to participate in Neumünster green hydrogen hubChina’s Oil Giants Begin Selling Crude as Refinery Cuts DeepenGlobal Oil Inventories Drift Toward Record LowsAustralian State Bets on Biodiesel To Reduce Reliance on OilOil Prices Rise After Reports Container Ships in Hormuz Hit by GunfireTexan start-up targets disused oil wells for low-cost hydrogen extractionTexan start-up target disused oil wells for low-cost hydrogen extractionVideo | How LNG expansion could impact global helium supplyAustralia Boosts Local Battery Manufacturing With $2.3 Million Grant To Powerplus EnergyTrump Extends Iran Ceasefire Until Talks Conclude “One Way or the Other”Iran’s Covert Oil Trade Persists Despite U.S. BlockadeTrump Weighs Extending the Jones Act Waiver to Ease Fuel PricesMendell Helium leases tube trailer for Kansas helium deliveriesLiquid hydrogen shipping set for first global certification frameworkGuiuan Moves Toward Energy Independence With New Renewable Energy RoadmapEU calls on existing biomethane plants to hike productionEU confirms 2026 review of RFNBO hydrogen rules, eyes role for nuclearEarth Day 2026: Our Power, Our Planet Driving Sustainable Energy and Climate ActionDuo targets Brazil-Europe hydrogen-based iron supply chainGermany raises green hydrogen mandates for road transport in revised billChina’s Solar Exports Hit Record High As Africa And Southeast Asia Drive DemandAndhra Pradesh Powers India’s Clean Energy Future: CM Naidu to Lay Foundation Stone for ReNew’s 6 GW ₹5,400 cr Solar Manufacturing Facility in VizagThree shipping attacks highlight strait security concernsAir Liquide’s latest ASU to supply gases for chips in ChinaKHI eyes Canada for Japan’s liquid hydrogen supply with new partnershipsNew catalyst converts CO2 to CO under low-energy conditionsAG&P to take full ownership of South Vietnam LNG import terminalCalifornian bus operator looks to limit LH2 boil-off at Bakersfield stationChina Oil Buying Set to Return After Stockpile DrawdownUS Crude Oil, Oil Product Inventories Come Crashing DownTrump Extends Iran Truce, BlockadeAI and geopolitics creating ‘perfect storm’ for cyber attacksUkraine Strike Halts Oil Processing at Novokuibyshevsk RefineryOilfield Service Firm Halliburton is Discussing Commercial Terms With Customers for Venezuela OperationsNorth Dakota Crude Output to Rise as Operators Eye High Oil PricesChernobyl at 40: The accident, its impact and how it changed the world’s nuclear energy industryJSC Dalur construction at new uranium deposit gets regulatory approvalIndiana pharma company explores nuclear energy optionsRegulator extends Hermes 1 reactor construction deadlineNorway Pumps Near Capacity as Spare Output Buffer DisappearsSanctioned Iranian VLCC Crosses Hormuz Line Hours Before Ceasefire DeadlineActivists Sue Shell Over Emissions, AgainLong-Haul Flight Fares Soar as Iran War Hits European Aviation HardIran, US Talks Hit Impasse as Truce Nears ExpiryUS Crude and Fuel Exports Surge to Record Highs, But it’s Not Enough: RussellTrump Says He Does Not Want to Extend Ceasefire With IranOil Prices Don’t Reflect Scale of Supply Hit, Analysts SayIreland’s multi-million-euro biomethane rollout hit by EU rulingOil Markets on Edge as Trump Signals No Ceasefire Extension Without AgreementIndia’s Crude Imports Sink Despite Record Russian Oil BuyingUK Unveils 10GW Clean Power Push to Break Gas Grip on Electricity BillsIEA: Strait of Hormuz Has Lost Its Status as Reliable Energy RouteStockholm pipeline doubles biogas capacity in HuddingeDaimler and Volvo reveal new 375kW heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell systemOil Falls on Expectations US-Iran Talks Likely, Opening of SupplyTransTech’s CTR acquires Texas-based AllcryoOnly 5% of energy firms have full supplier visibilityBurckhardt lands compressor deals for Thailand and Taiwan LNG terminalsVideo | How the helium market is evolving after years of disruptionCarbonCure appoints new CEO to drive global growthCarbonCure appoints new CEO to drive global growthCarbonCure appoints new CEO to drive global growthSeven CCS research projects secure funding in the UKTankers Test Hormuz Passage as Ceasefire Deadline LoomsPakistan Is Now Paying a Record Premium for Fuel ImportsU.S. Oil Exports Set to Hit Record HighMahle converts 13-litre diesel engine to run on hydrogen with low NOx emissions
Thu. Apr 23rd, 2026

Traders Placed $430M Bets Minutes Before Trump Extended Iran Ceasefire

Unidentified traders executed a highly suspicious $430-million bearish bet on crude oil futures roughly 15 minutes before President Trump announced an indefinite extension of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. The traders placed a total of 4,260 sell orders for Brent crude futures during a “post-settlement” period when trading volume is typically extremely low, with the directional trades occurring between 19:54 and 19:56 GMT on Tuesday, just minutes before Trump announced the extension around 20:10 GMT on Tuesday.

Brent crude prices plunged from $100.91 to a low of $96.83 per barrel within minutes after the announcement.

The Tuesday trades were the latest in a series of perfectly-timed wagers that have raked in hundreds of millions in profits in a matter of minutes, raising suspicion of insider trading.

On March 23, 2026, over $500 million in bets on falling oil prices were placed roughly 15 minutes before President Trump announced a delay in strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure. LSEG data (via Reuters) showed 5,100 lots of Brent and WTI crude futures were sold between 1049 and 1050 GMT, just minutes before the 1105 GMT Truth Social post.

Following Trump’s announcement of a five-day delay on potential strikes targeting Iran’s power facilities, over 13,000 contracts (approx. 13 million barrels) were traded within 60 seconds. On April 7, 2026, a massive $950 million short position was established in oil futures just hours before a US-Iran ceasefire announcement. Around 8,600 contracts, primarily Brent and WTI crude, were traded at 19:45 GMT, shortly before a two-week ceasefire was declared by Donald Trump on Truth Social at 22:30 GMT, again raising concerns of insider trading.

On April 17, 2026, another massive and highly suspicious trade worth approximately $760 million was placed on falling oil prices just 20 minutes before Iran announced the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. 

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