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What changed. The fighting around the Strait of Hormuz, the sea lane that carries about a fifth of the world's oil, has stepped up since Tuesday's brief. American forces struck Iranian radar, air defence and mine-laying sites along the Strait on Tuesday, Iran answered overnight with 13 missiles at Jordan and drones at Bahrain, both hosts to American forces, nearly all shot down, and President Trump has promised a much harder response if Iran fires again. Two tankers were also hit by unexplained projectiles off Oman at the weekend. Separately, Russia's refineries were due to start selling diesel abroad again this week, but at the end of last week Moscow kept that door shut until at least the end of September after a record month of Ukrainian drone strikes on its plants.
Your next fill. Brent crude has climbed to nearly $96 a barrel since Tuesday, and heating oil has moved with it. A 1,000-litre fill now costs about £975 at the UK average on our tracker, roughly £35 more than on Tuesday. That is more than £80 up on a week ago and the dearest a fill has been since late May. The pound has also slipped to about $1.35 this week, which adds a little more, because oil is bought in dollars.
The background. The story of this year is still that the world has enough crude oil but not enough working refineries to turn it into fuel. The war around the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted the Gulf's tankers and refineries since February, and Ukraine's drones have hit most of Russia's big refineries, leaving Russia processing less oil than at any time since 2005. Europe closed around 30 of its own refineries between 2009 and 2024, so it depends on imported diesel, and because heating oil comes out of the same part of the refinery as diesel and jet fuel, it feels every shortage first. Even so, a litre is still about 40p below the 137.6p peak reached in March.
What to watch. First, whether Iran's overnight missiles bring the harder American strikes President Trump has promised, and whether tankers keep moving through the Strait: Monday saw more oil shipped through it than on any day since the war began, by Washington's count, and prices rose anyway because traders are paying up in case it does not last. Second, 30 September, when Russia decides whether its refineries may sell diesel abroad again, with officials in Moscow already talking about keeping the ban until the end of the year.
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2 September 2026
What changed. The fighting around the Strait of Hormuz, the sea lane that carries about a fifth of the world's oil, has stepped up since Tuesday's brief. American forces struck Iranian radar, air defence and mine-laying sites along the Strait on Tuesday, Iran answered overnight with 13 missiles at Jordan and drones at Bahrain, both hosts to American forces, nearly all shot down, and President Trump has promised a much harder response if Iran fires again. Two tankers were also hit by unexplained projectiles off Oman at the weekend. Separately, Russia's refineries were due to start selling diesel abroad again this week, but at the end of last week Moscow kept that door shut until at least the end of September after a record month of Ukrainian drone strikes on its plants.
Your next fill. Brent crude has climbed to nearly $96 a barrel since Tuesday, and heating oil has moved with it. A 1,000-litre fill now costs about £975 at the UK average on our tracker, roughly £35 more than on Tuesday. That is more than £80 up on a week ago and the dearest a fill has been since late May. The pound has also slipped to about $1.35 this week, which adds a little more, because oil is bought in dollars.
The background. The story of this year is still that the world has enough crude oil but not enough working refineries to turn it into fuel. The war around the Strait of Hormuz has disrupted the Gulf's tankers and refineries since February, and Ukraine's drones have hit most of Russia's big refineries, leaving Russia processing less oil than at any time since 2005. Europe closed around 30 of its own refineries between 2009 and 2024, so it depends on imported diesel, and because heating oil comes out of the same part of the refinery as diesel and jet fuel, it feels every shortage first. Even so, a litre is still about 40p below the 137.6p peak reached in March.
What to watch. First, whether Iran's overnight missiles bring the harder American strikes President Trump has promised, and whether tankers keep moving through the Strait: Monday saw more oil shipped through it than on any day since the war began, by Washington's count, and prices rose anyway because traders are paying up in case it does not last. Second, 30 September, when Russia decides whether its refineries may sell diesel abroad again, with officials in Moscow already talking about keeping the ban until the end of the year.