The Peace Deal That Will Spark an Oil Rally

Keith Kohl

Written By Keith Kohl

Posted August 21, 2025

Nobody ever got rich betting on peace.

In fact, one of the fastest ways to lose money in today’s market is assuming calm seas ahead — especially when it comes to oil.

So when whispers of a potential peace deal between Russia and Ukraine started echoing through the global press this week, Wall Street, as usual, misread the tides.

The narrative went something like this: A peace agreement between Moscow and Kyiv means the war is over. Oil prices will fall. Energy inflation will ease. Back to business as usual.

So here we are with the media practically bubbling with optimism over rumors of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Oil prices dipped slightly, Wall Street exhaled like a toddler after a bedtime story, and some poor soul probably went long on airline stocks thinking fuel costs were about to crash.

But markets don’t run on bedtime stories. They run on barrels — and the real-world supply of those barrels isn’t suddenly going to flood the market just because Vladimir Putin puts down the red marker on a ceasefire map.

In fact, peace — if it comes — might be the most bullish development oil has seen all year.

Let’s break it down.


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Here’s the cold, bitter truth the world will have to swallow once peace is finally reached in Eastern Europe — Russian oil never really left the market! 

All it did was just change passports. Russian crude supply, much like Iran’s oil exports when sanctions hit hard, started dressing in fake mustaches, hopping into “shadow fleet” tankers, and selling itself to India and China at deep discounts. 

Granted, the West slapped a G-7 price cap on Russian crude as if it would cut off Putin’s war chest, while simultaneously pretending not to notice that millions of barrels were still sloshing toward Asia under the radar.

Now with a peace deal seemingly within sight, that masquerade may finally end. The sanctions that forced Russia to sell its oil at yard-sale prices will lift. 

And that pesky little price cap? Gone. 

Suddenly, Vladimir Putin doesn’t have to sneak oil out the back door — he can sell it proudly through the front gate, at full market value, with a receipt and a bow on top.

But here’s the twist: This doesn’t flood the world with more oil, it simply changes the sticker price.

Imagine your neighbor’s been secretly selling you steaks for half-off because he’s grounded and can’t use the grill. Then one day, he gets his patio privileges back and charges you full price. You’re still getting the same meat — now it’s just $12.99 a pound instead of $6. That’s the oil market post-peace. Same barrels, higher prices.

Think of it like someone running an illegal lemonade stand during a neighborhood water ban. He’s been selling drinks on the sly for half price just to keep things moving. Then the ban gets lifted, and suddenly he’s back on the front lawn with a permit, a sign, and full retail pricing. Same lemonade, different sticker price. 

That’s Russian oil after a peace deal — nothing new coming out of the ground, but the price tag just doubled because it’s now ‘official.’

And as prices rise, the dominoes start to fall. President Trump, in classic Art of the Deal fashion, isn’t playing checkers with Russian supply — he’s playing chess by going after its buyers. 

India, for example, has been guzzling Russian oil nonstop, and they’ve been getting a little too used to paying less. Eventually, they’ll have to start buying those barrels at full price. 

But this is where things get a bit interesting, because we already know there’ll be some component in the upcoming trade deal that commits India to buying up more U.S. energy exports. It’s been a simple caveat in several recent trade deals, including the EU pledge to import $750 billion in U.S. energy products by 2028, or even Indonesia’s deal to purchase $15 billion worth of American energy. 

But even though Asian countries like China and India were happily lapping up Russian crude for pennies on the dollar thanks to the price cap, both will start looking elsewhere once the tanks stop rolling into Ukraine. 

For China, that means finding a new source of discounted, reliable oil. 

Quiet, polite, snowy Canada is the sleeper agent of the global oil game. 

While everyone’s been distracted by Middle East drama and Venezuelan standoffs, Canada has been quietly fattening its oil sands output, optimizing production, and expanding export routes like it’s preparing for a party no one else has RSVP’d to.

The Trans Mountain Pipeline, long a point of political bickering and protest signs, is now open for business. And guess who just showed up with a shopping cart? China. 

Beijing is becoming a major new buyer of Canadian crude, and the reason is simple: it’s heavy, reliable, and not subject to sudden sanctions or naval blockades.

Meanwhile, oil production growth in the U.S. is stalling thanks to low prices and a shrinking frac spread, and we're going to need every drop of Canadian oil it can get. 

Remember, the U.S. still imports roughly 3.8 million barrels of Canadian crude every single day — nearly five times what we buy from all of OPEC put together! That’s not a relationship, that’s an artery. 

Here’s where the opportunity lies, dear reader, because Wall Street still hasn’t caught on yet. They’re blinded by overly optimistic supply forecasts and too enthralled by bearish sentiment to see what’s going on.  

The big institutions are still pricing Canadian oil stocks like it’s 2016, but you and I both know the game has changed. The geopolitics are different. The supply routes are shifting. 

And peace (the thing that’s supposed to bring prices down) is actually the match that's about to light the next rally.

The peace everyone’s rooting for? It won’t lower oil prices. It’ll unleash them.

Of course, we’re not the only ones that see this warning flag wildly waving back and forth across oil markets, and it has a few legendary investors that have been sitting on the sidelines itching to deploy the hoard of cash they’ve been stockpiling. 

Perhaps it’s time you peek behind the curtain and see this investment opportunity for yourself firsthand — I lined up all the details for you right here.

Peace might be coming.

But the real profits are in the oil war that follows.

Until next time,

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A true insider in the technology and energy markets, Keith’s research has helped everyday investors capitalize from the rapid adoption of new technology trends and energy transitions. Keith connects with hundreds of thousands of readers as the Managing Editor of Energy & Capital, as well as the investment director of Angel Publishing’s Energy Investor and Technology and Opportunity.

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