Energy, Oil & Gas

Oil tops $85 as Iran hits tankers, US blockade fuels battle for Hormuz

Oil prices surged on Tuesday, with Brent crude climbing above $85 a barrel for the first time in a month, as Iran's missile strike on two oil tankers and the United States' decision to reinstate a sweeping naval blockade of Iranian ports intensified a confrontation for control of the strategic Strait of Hormuz....