{"id":901378,"date":"2026-04-25T00:25:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/middle-east-tensions-continue-to-drive-oil-higher\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T05:25:03","slug":"middle-east-tensions-continue-to-drive-oil-higher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/25\/middle-east-tensions-continue-to-drive-oil-higher\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East tensions continue to drive oil higher"},"content":{"rendered":"<article data-history-node-id=\"369641\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Tuesday 17 March 2026 &#8211; 06:55am<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  width=\"940\" height=\"529\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enca.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/banner_image\/public\/2023-07\/doc-337B423-%2540photo0.jpg.webp?itok=lju9QXYG\" alt=\"Saudi Arabia's economy remains hugely dependent on oil exports, despite attempts at diversification\" title=\"Saudi Arabia's economy remains hugely dependent on oil exports, despite attempts at diversification\"><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>JOHANNESBURG &#8211; <span>Oil remains in focus as Iran continues to threaten shipping that wants to transit the Strait of Hormuz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The price of the black stuff hit $106 per barrel on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It has since pulled back on news of several vessels passing through the Strait, some said to be with Iranian approval.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We discuss this with Siya Mbatha from Old Mutual Investment Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.enca.com\/videos\/middle-east-tensions-continue-drive-oil-higher\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday 17 March 2026 &#8211; 06:55am JOHANNESBURG &#8211; Oil remains in focus as Iran continues to threaten shipping that wants to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The price of the black stuff hit $106 per barrel on Monday. It has since pulled back on news of several vessels passing through the Strait, some said to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":901379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4373,25251],"tags":[9946,10376],"class_list":["post-901378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-middle","category-tensions","tag-middle","tag-tensions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}