{"id":22457,"date":"2026-06-29T15:26:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22457"},"modified":"2026-06-29T15:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T10:26:55","slug":"oil-prices-rise-again-amid-rising-tensions-in-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22457","title":{"rendered":"Oil Prices Rise Again Amid Rising Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Global crude oil prices climbed once again after renewed concerns over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz following recent retaliatory strikes involving the United States and Iran.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to international media reports, fears of potential disruptions to one of the world&#8217;s busiest energy shipping routes pushed oil prices higher in global markets.<\/p>\n<p>Brent crude futures rose by 58 cents, or 0.8 percent, reaching <strong>$72.57 per barrel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained 88 cents, or 1.3 percent, to trade at <strong>$70.11 per barrel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Energy market analysts say growing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East continue to influence investor sentiment, with concerns that any disruption to oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz could tighten global supplies.<\/p>\n<p>Experts note that the Strait of Hormuz is one of the world&#8217;s most critical oil transit routes, making it highly sensitive to regional conflicts and a key driver of global energy prices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global crude oil prices climbed once again after renewed concerns over shipping through the Strait of Hormuz following recent retaliatory strikes involving the United States and Iran. According to international media reports, fears of potential disruptions to one of the world&#8217;s busiest energy shipping routes pushed oil prices higher in global markets. Brent crude futures [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,37],"tags":[11241,1596,6036,12435,12597,5132,5502,11858,149,2856,6467,11460,11362,2493,12596],"class_list":["post-22457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-world","tag-brent-crude","tag-crude-oil","tag-energy-crisis","tag-energy-markets","tag-futures-market","tag-global-economy","tag-global-oil-market","tag-global-trade","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-oil-prices","tag-oil-supply","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-united-states","tag-wti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22458,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22457\/revisions\/22458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}