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Energy, Oil & Gas

Brent crude tops $125 a barrel as no end seen for blockades

Oil prices continued to climb on Thursday with no sign of easing, as markets priced in a prolonged supply squeeze from the Middle East following stalled negotiations and firm signals from Donald Trump that the blockade on Iran will remain in place....

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Oil prices climb after new Trump threat against Iran

Oil prices climbed on Monday as markets reacted to US President Donald Trump's threat of further action against Iran and set a Tuesday evening deadline linked to the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz....

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Strait of Hormuz not US problem, says Trump

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at allies for not getting further involved in the Iran war, telling them to go to the Strait of Hormuz to take their own fuel and securing the strait is "not for us." ...

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Oil moves lower after Trump's comment on Hormuz

Oil prices turned lower in Asian trading on Tuesday as markets reacted to reports that Donald Trump had indicated to aides he was prepared to bring the conflict with Iran to an end without insisting on the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz....

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Trump wants to 'take the oil in Iran'

US President Donald Trump has said in an interview with Financial Times that he wanted to "take the oil in Iran" and could seize the export hub of Kharg Island. ...

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Oil soars to $119 as several key Mideast energy facilities hit

Benchmark Brent oil prices jumped above $119 a barrel on Thursday after ‌Iran attacked energy facilities across the Middle East following Israel's strike on its South Pars gas field, a major escalation in the war. Meanwhile, Middle East benchmark ​Dubai and Oman premiums hit all-time highs at about $65 per barrel, according to trade sources and Reuters data. ...

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Trump says military targets on Kharg Island destroyed, threatens to hit oil facilities

US President Donald Trump said on Friday American forces had destroyed military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island, Tehran’s main oil export terminal, while warning he could also target the island’s petroleum infrastructure if Iran or its allies continue threatening shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, sending fresh tremors through oil markets....

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US destroys Iranian mine-laying vessels near Hormuz

Tensions in the Gulf escalated sharply after reports that Iran had begun laying naval mines in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, prompting warnings from President Donald Trump and US military strikes against suspected mine-laying vessels....

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US will escort ships in Strait of Hormuz, says Trump

US President Donald Trump has said the US navy will protect ships in the Middle East and the government will provide insurance "if necessary" in a bid to contain soaring energy prices sparked by the US-Israel war with Iran....