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Oil Climbs as Strait of Hormuz Tensions Return

Original: strait of hormuz

Oil prices jumped around 4% as renewed tensions in the Middle East, including the Strait of Hormuz shipping route, combined with supply disruptions from Hurricane Isaias. Traders are watching for any threat to the narrow waterway, through which a large share of the world's crude passes, while US Gulf of Mexico production shut-ins added further upward pressure on prices.

Why now: Fresh geopolitical worries about the key oil transit route and a hurricane disrupting US supply pushed crude prices sharply higher.

Strait of HormuzHurricane IsaiasReuters

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Evidence

• Oil rises 4% on revived Middle East worries, Hurricane Isaias supply disruption · Reuters
• Iran says response to US proposals aimed at ending war will be delivered through mediators · Anadolu Ajansı
• Burst of Attacks in Gulf Heightens Fears Over Fragile Energy Trade · The New York Times

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