West Asia conflict LIVE: Oil rises past $100 a barrel after the latest wave of West Asia attacks

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Bureau, T. H. (2026, September 9). West Asia conflict LIVE: Oil rises past $100 a barrel after the latest wave of West Asia attacks. The Hindu. https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/us-iran-war-live-updates-iran-us-explosions-heard-on-irans-kharg-island-september-9-2026/article71444513.ece

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The price of oil has surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks due to attacks on oil facilities and ships in West Asia, including strikes by the US military against Iranian tankers. Brent crude rose 2.4% to $100.29 a barrel, while US benchmark crude gained 1.9% to $94.77 a barrel. A gallon of regular gasoline averaged $4.15 in the US on Tuesday, up 26% from a year ago, and diesel costs 59% more than it did at the same time last year. The price hikes follow a series of attacks by Iranian-backed rebels on Saudi oil facilities.
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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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On the U.S.-Iran conflict escalation The most heavily traded contract for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, settled at $97.89 before jumping 2.4% to $100.29 early Wednesday (September 9, 2026).
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The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks after attacks on oil facilities and ships in West Asia threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. asserted
attacks → surpass → chain
On the U.S.-Iran conflict escalation The most heavily traded contract for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, settled at $97.89 before jumping 2.4% to $100.29 early Wednesday (September 9, 2026). asserted
contract → trade → 100.29
U.S. benchmark crude gained 1.9% to $94.77 a barrel. asserted
crude → gain → 94.77
Markets reacted after the U.S. military reported striking five Iranian tankers in response to attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship and after attacks by an Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group ignited fires at oil facilities in Saudi Arabia. Also read |India condems Houthi attacks on Saudi oil installations Brent increased from about $70 to $100 a barrel for much of March, April and May. In July, prices swung between $72 and $102 again, reflecting rising and falling hopes that the U.S. and Iran would agree on a plan that would allow stranded tankers to move oil out of the Persian Gulf safely. uncertain
tankers → react → Gulf
A gallon of regular gasoline averaged $4.15 in the U.S. on Tuesday (Septembre 8), up 26% from a year ago, according to motor club AAA. uncertain
gallon → average → AAA
Diesel, at $5.90 a gallon, cost 59% more than the same day a year earlier. asserted
Diesel → cost → day
Also read | Iran warns U.S. energy assets in Gulf are vulnerable after latest clashes Follow here for live updates,(With inputs from agencies) asserted
assets → read → agencies
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