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Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery

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Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery The Hill

Directly affected

  • No company is named in this report.

Indirectly affected

  • XOM Exxon Mobil

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • CVX Chevron

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • OXY Occidental Petroleum

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • COP ConocoPhillips

    Oil producers earn more when crude prices rise

  • VLO Valero

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • MPC Marathon Petroleum

    Refiners' profits move with crude and fuel prices

  • XOP SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration

    A fund of oil and gas producers

  • XLE Energy Select Sector SPDR

    A fund of energy companies

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    This fund moves with oil prices

  • OIH VanEck Oil Services

    Oilfield services rise when drilling follows oil prices

Price reaction, T-5 to T+3

TickerT-5T-3T-1T0T+1T+2T+3
XOM———————
CVX-3.45%-1.61%—+1.30%+3.29%+2.02%+4.63%
OXY-4.58%-1.39%—+0.85%+0.47%-0.75%+2.06%
COP-5.98%-2.44%—+2.44%+3.47%+3.03%+6.51%
VLO———————
MPC-5.88%+0.92%—+3.86%+5.51%+3.72%+4.08%
XOP———————
XLE———————
USO———————
OIH+0.75%-0.38%—+0.51%-1.62%-3.10%-1.60%

Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery The Hill

Source: The Hill

The price since 13 Oct 2026: United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) versus the S&P 500

Since the first closing price after “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery,” United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is +3.14%. The S&P 500 fund (SPY) is -0.40% over the same days, a +3.53% difference versus the market. energy stocks (XLE) is +0.27%, a +2.87% difference versus that group of stocks.

CompanyWhenMoveStatus
COPthat day+2.44%final price
COPthe next day+3.47%final price
COPtwo days later+3.03%final price
COPthree days later+6.51%final price
COPthree days earlier-2.44%final price
COPfive days earlier-5.98%final price
CVXthat day+1.30%final price
CVXthe next day+3.29%final price
CVXtwo days later+2.02%final price
CVXthree days later+4.63%final price
CVXthree days earlier-1.61%final price
CVXfive days earlier-3.45%final price
MPCthat day+3.86%final price
MPCthe next day+5.51%final price
MPCtwo days later+3.72%final price
MPCthree days later+4.08%final price
MPCthree days earlier+0.92%final price
MPCfive days earlier-5.88%final price
OIHthat day+0.51%final price
OIHthe next day-1.62%final price
OIHtwo days later-3.10%final price
OIHthree days later-1.60%final price
OIHthree days earlier-0.38%final price
OIHfive days earlier+0.75%final price
OXYthat day+0.85%final price
OXYthe next day+0.47%final price
OXYtwo days later-0.75%final price
OXYthree days later+2.06%final price
OXYthree days earlier-1.39%final price
OXYfive days earlier-4.58%final price
BNO
SPY
XLE

Official trades in United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) around 13 Oct 2026

Public disclosure filings, not a recommendation. The filing link is the source document. News use of these reports still sits under 5 U.S.C. § 13107(c).

How busy Taiwan Strait has been lately

Taiwan Strait has 48 linked stories in the last 7 days and 48 in the last 30 on the page that also carries “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery.” The recent pace is rising.

Companies in energy around United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO)

Companies mentioned with this story

  • BNO United States Brent Oil Fund

    In “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery,” United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XLE Select Sector Spdr Tr

    For “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery,” Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • XOP State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf

    State Street Spdr S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Etf (XOP) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery.” Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • USO United States Oil Fund

    For “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery,” United States Oil Fund (USO) is linked, with no stored direction, high confidence. Reason on file: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

  • AEIS Advanced Energy Industries

    Advanced Energy Industries (AEIS) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence in the 13 Oct 2026 story “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery.” Reason on file: GA selected AEIS as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • AMPY Amplify Energy

    For “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery,” Amplify Energy (AMPY) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected AMPY as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • ATO Atmos Energy

    For “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery,” Atmos Energy (ATO) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected ATO as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

  • BE Bloom Energy

    In “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery,” Bloom Energy (BE) is linked, with no stored direction, medium confidence. Reason on file: GA selected BE as a RELATED security because its canonical security name directly matches this event's themes: energy. This is an explainable DERIVED market relationship, not a claim that the security was named in the source article

How energy news reaches United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO)

United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is the company in “Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery,” the 13 Oct 2026 Taiwan Strait story.

The link for United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO) is this: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

Select Sector Spdr Tr (XLE) is here too. Its reason reads: Oil-supply or crude-price developments can transmit through WTI/Brent proxies and energy producer earnings expectations

Price levels for United States Brent Oil Fund (BNO)

BNO traded between 57.39 and 67.79 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.10. XLE traded between 60.95 and 68.51 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 67.80. XOP traded between 177.09 and 202.25 across 20 sessions. The latest close on file is 199.52.

How solid the energy case looks

54 out of 100

“Vance announces plan to use wartime authority to boost fuel production at Texas refinery” scores 54 out of 100. The score uses 2 sources, and 10 linked companies.