# IEA’s Birol: Energy Prices Won’t Return to Pre-War Levels in 2027

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- Published: 2026-10-26T13:30:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
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The Middle East conflict has tightened energy markets so much that crude oil, fuel, and natural gas prices are unlikely to return to pre-war levels in 2027, Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), said on Monday. “I am afraid I don't see any credible pathway that the markets will go next year, where we were before this war has started,” Birol said at the Singapore

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