Heavy fog continued to shroud China's capital city of Beijing on Saturday morning and visibility was reduced to less than one kilometer, with some areas even being below 40 meters.
The Beijing Meteorological Observatory continued a yellow alert for heavy fog at 06:00 on Saturday morning.
Affected by the dense fog, Beijing Capital International Airport is scheduled for 1,218 flight departures and arrivals, and will handle 194,400 passenger trips on the day.
Meanwhile, Beijing Daxing International Airport also experienced heavy fog. The airport initiated relevant procedures and is fully committed to ensuring flight operations and passenger services.
Due to the thick fog, 22 sections of expressways in Beijing and Hebei, as well as 457 toll stations in Shaanxi, Tianjin, Shanxi, Shandong, Heilongjiang and Jilin had been closed by 09:00.
Dense fog envelops Beijing with poor visibility
Even under assumptions that the U.S.-Israel war on Iran does not persist past April and that traffic through the Strait of Hormuz gradually resumes, the world will face the pressure of rising oil prices throughout this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Tuesday.
In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook released on Tuesday, the EIA raised the forecast of Brent crude oil spot price for 2026 to 96 U.S. dollars per barrel from the previous forecast of 79 U.S. dollars a barrel.
Retail gasoline and diesel prices will continue the rising trend this year, said the outlook.
The outlook maintains a risk premium on crude oil prices throughout the forecast period, as the EIA expects uncertainty around future supply disruptions to keep prices above pre-conflict levels.
"Once flows through the Strait of Hormuz resume, we assume it will take time to resolve the backlog and disruption to oil tanker routes and trade flows and that the potential for future disruptions will remain at risk and create a premium in the oil price," it said.
US Energy Information Administration forecasts rising oil prices throughout 2026
