Tag: Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices stayed mostly steady on Wednesday as traders weighed renewed U.S.-Iran talk prospects against ongoing disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, which remains largely closed amid conflict and a ...

Oil prices slid sharply in Asian trade on Tuesday, erasing some of the dramatic gains racked up the previous day as traders clung to signs that Washington and Tehran may ...

Oil prices surged above $100 a barrel on Monday after the U.S. announced a naval blockade on Iran's Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark, leaped $6.96, or ...

President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. Navy to impose an immediate blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow chokepoint through which roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil supply ...

Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, declared that the Strait of Hormuz has “never ...

Oil prices rose on Friday on fresh Saudi supply disruptions and near-total paralysis in the Strait of Hormuz, despite easing nerves over the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. Brent crude futures, the global ...

Oil prices climbed sharply on Thursday as fresh doubts clouded a tenuous two-week ceasefire in the Middle East, stoking investor anxiety that energy shipments through the vital Strait of Hormuz ...

Two vessels have successfully crossed the Strait of Hormuz following Iran’s agreement to reopen the waterway as part of a ceasefire arrangement. According to maritime monitoring platform MarineTraffic, the Greek-owned ...

Donald Trump on Tuesday announced that he has agreed to suspend planned bombing operations against Iran for two weeks, contingent on Tehran reopening the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. “Subject to the Islamic Republic ...

Oil prices climbed sharply on Tuesday as markets braced for a high-stakes U.S. ultimatum to Iran: reopen the Strait of Hormuz by 8 p.m. EDT (00:00 GMT Wednesday) or face ...