Oil prices surged to a wartime high Thursday, with Brent crude, the international benchmark, topping $126 a barrel as concerns grew that the Iran war will drag on, tightening global energy supplies.

Oil prices turned lower on Thursday shortly after Brent crude notched a four-year high on a report that the U.S. military would brief President Donald Trump on potential action against Iran. Prices ...

Strong earnings and economic data buck fears that prolonged disruption to Middle East fuel supplies will eventually dent economic growth. How much the international benchmark costs Notes: Data shows ...

Oil briefly surpassed $126 a barrel Thursday, its highest price in four years, as some traders worried about an escalation in the US-Iran war that would keep the Strait of Hormuz effectively shut.

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The United Arab Emirates has announced that it's leaving OPEC, the cartel representing major state-owned oil producers, on May 1. In an announcement posted on state-owned media, the UAE wrote that the ...

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BEIRUT — The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday that it would exit the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, along with the wider group of partners known as OPEC+, effective ...

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Iran said on Tuesday that the United States was no longer able to "dictate" what other countries do, as Washington weighed a new proposal from Tehran on ending the Middle East war. "The United States ...

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A JPMorgan commodities analyst who has irritated Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent over her Iran-war analysis is out with a new warning that a massive energy-price spike will be needed to fix a gaping ...