{"id":23028,"date":"2026-07-24T12:40:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23028"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:40:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:40:03","slug":"brent-crude-surpasses-100-per-barrel-amid-rising-middle-east-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23028","title":{"rendered":"Brent Crude Surpasses $100 Per Barrel Amid Rising Middle East Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Global oil prices continued to climb as tensions in the Middle East intensified, pushing Brent crude above the $100-per-barrel mark.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Brent crude rose to <strong>$100.5 per barrel<\/strong>, its highest level in the past two months.<\/p>\n<p>US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude also gained, reaching <strong>$91.65 per barrel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, shipping activity through the Strait of Hormuz has slowed significantly amid regional tensions.<\/p>\n<p>According to <strong>Reuters<\/strong>, only one oil tanker passed through the strategic waterway on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The report said the tanker <strong>New Giant<\/strong>, carrying approximately two million barrels of Iraqi crude oil, transited the Strait of Hormuz before heading toward Rizhao Port in China.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say escalating geopolitical tensions and concerns over potential disruptions to oil supplies continue to drive volatility in global energy markets.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global oil prices continued to climb as tensions in the Middle East intensified, pushing Brent crude above the $100-per-barrel mark. According to reports, Brent crude rose to $100.5 per barrel, its highest level in the past two months. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude also gained, reaching $91.65 per barrel. At the same time, shipping [&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":[11241,1596,270,5502,2856,13124,11362,12596],"class_list":["post-23028","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-economy","tag-global-oil-market","tag-middle-east","tag-reuters","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-wti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23028","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=23028"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23029,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23028\/revisions\/23029"}],"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=23028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}