Oil prices climb over $100 per barrel as US war in Iran continues

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Shalvey, K. (2026, September 9). Oil prices climb over $100 per barrel as US war in Iran continues. ABC News (US). https://abcnews.com/Business/oil-prices-climb-100-barrel-us-war-iran/story?id=136296130

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ABC News (US) · collected 2026-09-09 · by Kevin Shalvey

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Oil prices have surpassed $100 per barrel for the first time since July as global tensions between Iran and the US escalate. According to benchmark Brent crude oil prices, they climbed by approximately 2.7% on Wednesday to around $100.57 per barrel. The price hike is attributed to ongoing conflict in the region, including a recent statement from the US Central Command that destroyed five Iranian oil tankers. Meanwhile, US oil traded at about $95 per barrel, up around 2%.
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The Trump administration announced an arrangement with Venezuela last week that would see the US gain control over 65 billion barrels worth of oil fields, representing about one-fifth of Venezuela’s total reserves. This deal includes a 35 percent stake for the Pentagon in North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP), a firm led by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, who was previously under U.S. money-laundering investigation. The State Department also gets preferential rights to buy 20% of NABEP’s oil at cost and first refusal for the remaining 80 percent.

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez claims this agreement will bring much-needed foreign investment to her country's struggling oil industry, but many in Venezuela view her as illegitimate after the U.S. military captured former President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. Opposition leader María Corina Machado has criticized the deal, arguing that Venezuela’s natural resources belong to its people rather than "an illegitimate regime."

The arrangement raises concerns among Venezuelan opposition figures who fear it could bolster the authoritarian government's control and undermine democratic progress in the country.

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Iran Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps LONDON U.S. Central Command the United States

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Iran GPE · 2× Bahrani GPE · 1× IRGC ORG · 1× Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ORG · 1× Kuwaiti NORP · 1× LONDON GPE · 1× U.S. GPE · 1× U.S. Central Command ORG · 1× the United States GPE · 1×

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The global price of oil topped $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since July, as continued tensions between Iran and the United States added to uncertainty over future supply.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-09
2026-09-09 · ABC News (US)
Oil prices climb over $100 per barrel as US war in Iran continues · assertive framing

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Oil prices climb over $100 per barrel as US war in Iran continues Brent crude oil prices, a benchmark for global trading, climbed on Wednesday. asserted
prices → climb → Wednesday
The global price of oil topped $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time since July, as continued tensions between Iran and the United States added to uncertainty over future supply. asserted
tensions → top → supply
The rise followed a statement on Tuesday by U.S. Central Command, which said that its forces destroyed five Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps oil tankers. asserted
forces → follow → tankers
The IRGC followed those strikes by issuing a warning that all oil tankers in Kuwaiti and Bahrani waters should be evacuated. asserted
tankers → follow → waters
Brent crude oil prices, a benchmark for global trading, climbed on Wednesday by about 2.7%, trading at about $100.57 a barrel for contracts with November deliveries. asserted
prices → climb → deliveries
U.S. oil traded at about $95 a barrel, up by about 2%. asserted
oil → trade → %
This is a developing story. asserted
This → develop → ?
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