Oil & Gas in 2026: When Volatility Enters, Working Capital Is Your Best Defense

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The oil and gas sector entered 2026 already under pressure: tariffs on steel and aluminum, tightening margins, and a wave of portfolio restructuring underway. Then the Iran conflict changed everything overnight. Brent crude surged past $106 per barrel, LNG prices jumped nearly 60%, and the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20% of global oil and gas supply flows, became a conflict zone. For CFOs and treasury teams, the compounding effect hit fast: input cost inflation, logistics disruption, and smaller suppliers running out of runway. This article makes the case that, in this environment, working capital strategy stops being a finance initiative and becomes an operational imperative, and shows how Supply Chain Finance, through Monkey's Working Capital 2.0 platform, has delivered measurable resilience at scale: over $40B in total processed volume, 5,500+ suppliers onboarded, and a 57% improvement in payment terms.

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