The oil apocalypse is here Oct 13, 2026

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The three separate oil shocks upending the world
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What began as one oil shock has now multiplied into three separate catastrophes – an oil shock, a shipping shock, and a refinery shock – each triggered by a different war in a different part of the world, culminating into a global catastrophe that’s already hitting.

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0:00 Intro
1:44 Oil shock #1
6:58 Oil shock #2
13:39 The shipping shock
18:14 The refinery shock
28:24 Oil apocalypse