You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence World News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features World Ship & Bunker Raises Q4 Bunker Price Outlook by $112/mt as EIA Sees Brent Holding Near $90 Through Year-End Ship & Bunker Raises Q4 Bunker Price Outlook by $112/mt as EIA Sees Brent Holding Near $90 Through Year-End by Ship & Bunker News Team Thursday September 10, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker Ship & Bunker raises G20-VLSFO Q4 forecast to $758/mt , from $646/mt in last month's outlook; Q3 up $40/mt to $745/mt EIA lifts Q4 2026 Brent forecast to $90.66/bbl , up $12.66/bbl from August; Q3 up $3.90/bbl to $89.11/bbl Full-year 2026 Brent forecast climbs to $91.01/bbl from $86.81/bbl ; 2027 to $73.74/bbl from $69.39/bbl Shut-ins averaged 6.7 million b/d in August, up from 5.0 million b/d in July, with Red Sea attacks halving Yanbu exports Current G20-VLSFO price stands at $842.50/mt ; Singapore $856/mt , Rotterdam $701/mt Ship & Bunker has raised its bunker price outlook for the second month running after the US Energy Information Administration ( EIA ) lifted its Brent crude forecast again in the September Short-Term Energy Outlook ( STEO ), with the agency now expecting prices to hold near $90/bbl through the end of the year rather than easing in the fourth quarter. In last month's outlook EIA had assumed severe constraints on Strait of Hormuz transits would persist through August and then ease; instead, shut-ins rose over the month and the agency has pushed its recovery timeline out again. “ For bunker buyers of distillate, the report is bleaker still: EIA forecasts US distillate inventories will fall below 100 million barrels in September and stay below the five-year low through most of 2027, EIA now forecast