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Oil prices jump after US-Iran tanker attacks

From Postimees · () Estonian

Translated from Estonian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Mutual attacks by the United States and Iran on oil tankers have raised tensions in the Persian Gulf and pushed Brent crude toward $100 a barrel.
  • The amount of oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz remains unclear as more ships switch off their location signals.
  • The disruption has renewed concern about the vulnerability of a major global energy route and the eventual cost of oil supplies.

The Persian Gulf has been pushed back to the center of the world map after unprecedentedly sharp US and Iranian attacks on oil tankers. Brent crude has moved close to $100 a barrel.

But the latest explosions and daily price chart are not the only concern. More troubling is the uncertainty over how vulnerable the world’s most important energy shipping route has become.

The amount of oil actually moving through the Strait of Hormuz is unclear because an increasing number of ships are switching off their location signals. As vessels become “invisible” on radar and the rules of confrontation shift, uncertainty is spreading beyond the immediate attacks.

The central question is how much oil the world can still obtain, and what it will cost, while the situation around the strait remains difficult to track.

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Originally published by Postimees in Estonian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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