The world’s top 100 oil and gas companies made more than $30m every hour in unearned profit in the first month of the US-Israeli war in Iran, according to exclusive analysis for the Guardian. The conflict pushed the price of oil to an average of $100 a barrel in March, leading to estimated windfall war profits for the month of $23bn for the companies. Lucy Hough speaks to Damian Carrington, the Guardian’s environment editor – <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@todayinfocuspodcast" rel="nofollow">watch on YouTube</a> Read Damian’s exclusive <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/15/big-oil-huge-war-windfall-consumers" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Help support our independent journalism at <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/infocus">theguardian.com/infocus</a>

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