{"id":904154,"date":"2026-05-07T08:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/oil-on-track-for-weekly-loss-as-trump-delays-attacks-on-irans-energy-plants\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:12:23","slug":"oil-on-track-for-weekly-loss-as-trump-delays-attacks-on-irans-energy-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/oil-on-track-for-weekly-loss-as-trump-delays-attacks-on-irans-energy-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil On Track For Weekly Loss As Trump Delays Attacks On Iran&#8217;s Energy Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>(RTTNews) &#8211; Oil prices surged on Friday but were on track for a weekly loss amid hopes of easing Middle East tensions.<\/p>\n<p>Brent crude prices traded 2.2 percent higher at $110.34 a barrel as fears of a prolonged energy shock stemming from the conflict in the Middle East persisted. WTI crude futures were up 1.9 percent at $96.32.<\/p>\n<p>Both contract were down nearly 2 percent for the week after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would delay a threatened strike on Iran&#8217;s energy infrastructure and extend his deadline for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz until April 6, adding talks with Iran were going &#8220;very well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, Trump issued a stark warning to Iran, saying the U.S. will &#8220;keep blowing them away&#8221; if a deal is not reached.<\/p>\n<p>Media reports suggest that the Pentagon is reportedly considering sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East. <\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, Iran&#8217;s local media reported that the country is mobilizing more than one million ground troops to fight against the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Middle East conflict showed no signs of easing as fresh strikes were reported in Iran, Israel and Lebanon. <\/p>\n<p>Israel struck key infrastructure at multiple locations inside Iran, while Iranian missiles targeted Israel and the UAE. <\/p>\n<p>The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasdaq.com\/articles\/oil-track-weekly-loss-trump-delays-attacks-irans-energy-plants\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(RTTNews) &#8211; Oil prices surged on Friday but were on track for a weekly loss amid hopes of easing Middle East tensions. Brent crude prices traded 2.2 percent higher at $110.34 a barrel as fears of a prolonged energy shock stemming from the conflict in the Middle East persisted. WTI crude futures were up 1.9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":904155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4383,23325],"tags":[10438,8777],"class_list":{"0":"post-904154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-track","8":"category-weekly","9":"tag-track","10":"tag-weekly"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904154","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=904154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/904155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}