Oil is not just another commodity . It is the fuel behind shipping lanes, aviation networks, plastics, fertilisers, trucking fleets, petrochemicals, and large parts of modern warfare. That alone would make it important. But oil also has another role: it is one of the few raw materials capable of shaking the entire global economy when supply is threatened. A disruption in wheat matters. A disruption in copper matters. A disruption in oil can ripple through transport, inflation