OPEC monthly report maintained Eurozone GDP growth forecasts at 1.0% for 2026 and 1.2% for 2027.

Kuwait set its August official selling price (OSP) for extra-light crude to Asia at a $5/bbl discount to the Oman/Dubai average.

Senator Lindsey Graham died suddenly, and his spokesperson said on the afternoon of July 12 local time that preliminary medical examiner findings list the cause of death as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease leading to an aortic dissection. The medical examiner’s office said toxicology and microscopic pathology remain incomplete. Aortic dissection is a life‑threatening emergency involving a tear in the aortic wall.