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Brent oil touches $110 as Iran escalates Hormuz attacks
Crude oil prices rose sharply Friday as Iran escalated attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, Houthi militants fired missiles at Saudi Arabia
Summary
WTI added more than 10% this week while Brent advanced nearly 5%. Iran-allied Houthi militants in Yemen have repeatedly fired at Saudi Arabia this week. The attacks have left three seafarers injured and two missing this week, according to the International Maritime Organization.
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People
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Kpler.Meanwhile
- Donald Trump
- Trump
Organisations
- International Maritime Organization.Crude
- Energy Information Administration.-CNBC
- International Energy Agency
- U.S. Central Command
- energy ministry
- Jazeera
- Reuters
- Aramco
Places
- Middle East3
- Russia3
- Strait of Hormuz2
- United States2
- Saudi Arabia2
- Yemen2
- Iran2
- Gulf Coast
Keywords
- oil3
- touches2
- escalates
- investors
- militants
- tensions
- attacks
- barrel
- houthi
- prices
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