{"id":22928,"date":"2026-07-20T14:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22928"},"modified":"2026-07-20T14:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T09:43:08","slug":"crude-oil-prices-hit-one-month-high-amid-rising-middle-east-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=22928","title":{"rendered":"Crude Oil Prices Hit One-Month High Amid Rising Middle East Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Global crude oil prices climbed to their highest level in about a month as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran continued to fuel concerns over energy supplies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a foreign news agency, Brent crude rose by $2.77, or 3.14 percent, to $90.87 per barrel, its highest level since June 11.<\/p>\n<p>The report said Brent crude gained 15.9 percent over the past week, marking its largest weekly increase since April.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude increased by $2.35, or 2.85 percent, to $84.84 per barrel, the highest level since June 12.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, WTI crude recorded a weekly gain of 15.5 percent, its strongest weekly performance since early March.<\/p>\n<p>Retail petrol prices in the United States also continued to rise, with the average price exceeding $4 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p>The news agency reported that US petrol prices have increased by more than 30 percent since the latest escalation between the United States and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, there are currently no clear signs of easing tensions, as recent military exchanges between the two countries continue to create uncertainty in global energy markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global crude oil prices climbed to their highest level in about a month as escalating tensions between the United States and Iran continued to fuel concerns over energy supplies. According to a foreign news agency, Brent crude rose by $2.77, or 3.14 percent, to $90.87 per barrel, its highest level since June 11. The report [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8368,"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":[41,47,46],"tags":[11241,1596,4418,5132,5502,149,2856,3858,2493,9895,12596],"class_list":["post-22928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news","category-latest","tag-brent-crude","tag-crude-oil","tag-energy","tag-global-economy","tag-global-oil-market","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-petrol-prices","tag-united-states","tag-world-news","tag-wti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22928","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=22928"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22929,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22928\/revisions\/22929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}