About Oil Shock 3.0

Oil Shock 3.0 is a data-driven editorial project visualising the emerging global oil supply crisis. Our thesis is explicit: the world is entering its third major oil shock, and the data supports this conclusion.

Mission

We believe energy data should be free, accessible, and presented with editorial clarity. Every chart on this site answers a specific question about the state of global energy markets. All underlying datasets are freely downloadable under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).

Data Sources

• U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — crude oil spot prices, Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) forecasts, Monthly Energy Review sector consumption data. US federal government data, public domain.
• World Bank Open Data — energy import dependency, oil rents as % of GDP. CC BY 4.0.
• Our World in Data — historical oil price series (1965–2000). CC BY 4.0.
• OilPriceAPI — current Brent spot price and 24-hour change. Informational use only; underlying source data rights are not transferred.

License

All original visualisations and derived datasets on this site are published under CC BY 4.0. You are free to share and adapt the material for any purpose, including commercially, provided you give appropriate attribution.