Oil
Crude hits $111 as IEA warns of prolonged crisis
CEII brief
Punch reported on 21 Oct 2026: Crude hits $111 as IEA warns of prolonged crisis.
Read the full story on PunchBrent crude oil price rose above $111 per barrel as the International Energy Agency warns the global energy market may not normalise by 2027.
Context from CEII
Crude benchmarks move budgets, currencies and inflation in producer and importer countries alike. For economies such as Nigeria, where fuels dominate exports, production and refining decisions move the whole economy.
85.9% of Nigeria’s merchandise exports were fuels in 2025Countries in this story
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