{"id":1619,"date":"2026-06-11T04:12:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:12:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:12:06","slug":"oil-rises-more-than-1-as-escalation-in-us-iran-strikes-unnerve-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1619","title":{"rendered":"Oil rises more than $1 as escalation in US-Iran strikes unnerve traders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Summary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>SINGAPORE, June 11 (Reuters) &#8211; Oil prices jumped on Thursday as Tehran declared the critical energy chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, closed \u200cafter the U.S. launched additional strikes against Iran and as President Donald Trump vowed even more attacks if no peace deal is secured.<\/div>\n<div>Brent futures rose $1.48, or 1.59%, to $94.58 a barrel as of 0243 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude climbed $1.71, or 1.90%, to $91.74. U.S. crude \u200bfutures gained more than $3 earlier in the session.<\/div>\n<div>Iran&#8217;s top joint military command announced the closure of the \u200bStrait of Hormuz on Thursday, including oil tankers and commercial ships, saying any vessel attempting \u2060passage will be shot at.<\/div>\n<div>&#8220;It once again suggests a deal is still some way off and that energy \u200bflows from the Persian Gulf will remain heavily constrained,&#8221; said ING analysts in a note to clients.<\/div>\n<div>The renewed \u200bescalation in fighting prompted oil prices to rally in early morning trading, they said.<\/div>\n<div>On Wednesday, the U.S. military said on X that commercial ships continue to transit in and out of the strait.<\/div>\n<div>It also said no U.S. warships have been struck in the strait, after \u200bIran&#8217;s state media reported U.S. ships near the waterway were targeted by missiles and drones.<\/div>\n<div>U.S. forces began launching \u200badditional strikes against multiple targets in Iran at 5:15 p.m. EDT (21:15 GMT), the latest in an escalating exchange of attacks that threaten \u200cto \u2060reignite a full-scale war, which was paused in early April when the two sides agreed to a fragile ceasefire.<\/div>\n<div>Trump told Fox News reporter Trey Yingst on Wednesday evening that the strikes would stop shortly but that he would &#8220;bomb the shit out of them&#8221; if Iran&#8217;s leaders did not sign an agreement with the U.S. immediately.<\/div>\n<div>Iran&#8217;s months-long \u200bblockade of the strait, which \u200bnormally carries a fifth \u2060of global oil and gas shipments, has kept oil prices elevated.<\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, U.S. crude inventories fell by 7.2 million barrels to 426.5 million barrels in the week ended \u200bJune 5, the EIA said on Wednesday, compared with analysts&#8217; expectations in a Reuters \u200bpoll for a \u20604 million-barrel draw.<\/div>\n<div>U.S. crude inventories, including those from strategic reserves, have fallen by 79 million barrels since the Iran war began on February 28, as the top global producer moved to plug supply gaps after the strait was effectively \u2060shut.<\/div>\n<div>Underscoring the \u200bsqueeze, OPEC output in May slid to its lowest level in \u200bover two decades, a Reuters survey showed, as a U.S. naval blockade curbed Iran&#8217;s exports and Tehran&#8217;s effective closure of the strategic waterway slashed \u200bshipments from other Gulf producers.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1617\">Iran threatens to stop World Cup games if faced with unauthorised flags or slogans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1615\">Few Americans see Trump administration delivering justice in Epstein cases, Reuters\/Ipsos poll finds<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/reliablemovingcrews.com\/?p=1613\">Bill Gates testifies Epstein pressured him using knowledge of his affairs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices jumped on Thursday as Tehran declared the critical energy chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz, closed \u200cafter the U.S. launched additional strikes against Iran and as President Donald Trump vowed even more attacks if no peace deal is secured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21,86,29],"class_list":["post-1619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-energy","tag-storage","tag-transport-fuels"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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