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Oilprice.com • 09 Sep 2026
Pakistan’s Energy Crisis Set to Ease as Qatari LNG Breaks Through Hormuz

Pakistan is about to get some energy relief with tankers carrying Qatari LNG set to arrive in the country this month. The first cargo is …

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Oilprice.com • 09 Sep 2026
Oil Nears $100 as U.S. Destroys Five Iranian Tankers

Oil prices continued to climb towards the $100 mark in early Asian trading on Wednesday after the U.S. destroyed five more Iranian crude tankers and …

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Oilprice.com • 09 Sep 2026
Oil Prices Hit $100 as U.S. Destroys Five Iranian Tankers

Oil prices finally hit the $100 mark early on Wednesday morning after the U.S. destroyed five more Iranian crude tankers and Iran targeted U.S. forces …

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Oilprice.com • 09 Sep 2026
Iran’s Oil Exports Collapse as Hormuz Standoff Drags On

More than six months after the U.S.-Iran war began, shipping traffic at the Strait of Hormuz remains disrupted, and oil prices are once again closing …

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Oilprice.com • 08 Sep 2026
Hedge Funds Pile Into Fuels as U.S. Supply Squeeze Deepens

For the first four months of the war between the United States and Israel and Iran, oil traders remained largely bearish. The overwhelming expectation was …

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Oilprice.com • 08 Sep 2026
Why The U.S. Is Racing To Lock Down Iraq’s Most Explosive Geopolitical Gas Prize

Sharing its eastern border with Iran, its northern border with Turkey, its western border with Syria and Jordan, and its southern border with Saudi Arabia, …

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Oilprice.com • 08 Sep 2026
Copper Surges Above $14,500 as Supply Squeeze Deepens

Copper futures in London reached a record high on Tuesday as expectations of US tariffs drew record volumes from the seaborne market into US warehouses, …

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Oilprice.com • 08 Sep 2026
Labor Day Gasoline Just Hit a Record. Here’s What Comes Next

Beyond its historical roots as a day to honor the achievements and contributions of workers, Labor Day has emerged as one of the largest retail …

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Oilprice.com • 08 Sep 2026
China Adds 650,000 Ounces of Gold in Biggest Monthly Buy Since 2023

China's central bank bought more gold in August than in any single month since 2023, and the metal still can't hold above $4,400 an ounce. …

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Oilprice.com • 08 Sep 2026
D.C. Gas Ban Gets Favorable Hearing in Federal Appeals Court

A federal appeals panel appeared inclined Tuesday to let Washington, D.C.’s restrictions on natural gas in certain new buildings stand. The case turns on the …

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Oilprice.com • 08 Sep 2026
How the U.S. Is Targeting Iran's Oil Money

The United States has imposed sanctions on a Turkish investment bank and two subsidiaries, accusing them of helping Iran move oil revenue and providing access …

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Oilprice.com • 08 Sep 2026
A Forgotten Soviet Waterway Could Give China a New Arctic Trade Route

China, Russia and Kazakhstan are mulling the development of a new northern trade route which would use the Irtysh and Ob rivers to open access …

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