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Crude oil prices were little changed Monday, but don't be fooled. Crude futures have whipsawed on a variety on Iran-related headlines.

(Bloomberg) -- Iraq is using a vast fleet of trucks to carry fuel oil through Syria and reroute flows away from the Strait of Hormuz, rapidly transforming its neighbor into the Middle East’s top export hub.Most Read from BloombergFCC Near Rulings Against Disney Over ‘The View,’ TV LicensesTaylor Farms Pulls Mexican Lettuce as Parasite Cases RiseChip Stocks Slide Into Bear Market in AI Unwind: Markets WrapSpaceX Slump Wipes Out $1 Trillion in Market Value From PeakGoogle Gemini Launch Delayed as

📣 “The way that we see the long-term in Iraq is you are going to see that the Henry Hub and the Cushing of the U.S., for the Middle East will be in Iraq.” —Jake Spiering, Chevron’s incoming president for business development, on the oil major’s bet that Iraq will develop as the most important regional hub for physical oil-and-gas trading.

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I have been following the Strait of Hormuz crisis since February 28, when the conflict first began rerouting the global oil trade in ways most investors underestimated. It's been 139 days. I covered Chevron CEO Mike Wirth's warning in May, when he said oil price pressure was building and buffers ...

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The U.S. energy major is considering investing in oil fields and a pipeline to boost Iraq’s oil exports.

​📈 Follow our live markets data and coverage. Investors hear a lot about the price of oil, despite the fact that they don’t buy, sell or consume it directly. The process of turning crude into the products actually used to keep the modern world moving is almost an afterthought.

Oil prices jumped on Monday as President Donald Trump said the U.S. will reimpose a blockade on Iranian ports and provide other countries safe passage —for a fee — through the Strait of Hormuz. The announcement follows an escalation of U.S.-Iran military strikes after Tehran had targeted ships in the Strait traveling an alternative path to the Tehran-approved route open for ships paying a fee to the regime. With U.S.-Iran negotiations at an impasse over control of the key global shipping route and Tehran's nuclear program, the diplomatic route — and Wall Street's assumption that flare-ups in fighting won't lead the sides back to war — is facing its biggest test.

Oil prices jumped on Monday amid escalation of Middle East conflict as the U.S. challenged Iran's assertion of control over the Strait of Hormuz. With U.S.-Iran negotiations at an impasse over the key global shipping route and Tehran's nuclear program, Wall Street's assumption that flare-ups in fighting won't lead the sides back to war is being tested, but still holding firm. With Iran declaring the Strait of Hormuz closed, S&P 500 futures traded slightly lower, with APA, Occidental Petroleum and Devon Energy trading high on the index.

US stocks are set for a weaker start to the week after last week finished on a positive note, with technology shares expected to come under the most pressure as investors balanced renewed geopolitical tensions against a busy week for inflation data and the start of bank earnings...

Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 3.9% to $78.96 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude oil added 4% to $74.26 per barrel. Prices for both types of crude oil recently had slipped back to the levels they were at before the war with Iran began, after the two sides set an interim agreement on ending the conflict and ships resumed transporting oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran just shut the Strait of Hormuz, and the ripple effects stretch far beyond rising gas prices. Here is what the closure means for inflation, corporate profits, and every investor watching the market.

The oil and gas giant is teaming with GE Vernova to power next-generation AI data centers.

The US-Iran ceasefire is fracturing, Brent is climbing, and energy stocks are repricing fast. Whether this is a temporary spike or the beginning of a sustained oil shock will reshape the Fed's next move and every duration-sensitive position in your portfolio.

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America’s Big Oil groups are set to post record profits stemming from Donald Trump’s Iran war, setting them on a collision course with the US...

Trump is escalating pressure on oil companies, accusing them of price gouging and demanding gasoline prices fall toward $2.50 per gallon.

The Number With oil now trading well below the $100 level (and seemingly poised to continue heading lower, after OPEC announced further production increases recently and recessionary concerns pick up), it’s unclear where certain oil stocks are headed. One such name that’s on my radar right now just reported its Q1 2026 earnings in early ... Oil’s $100 Threshold: What It Means for Energy Stocks Now

Energy investors spent the spring watching oil prices control stock movements. Now, one energy research team on Wall Street says the real story is happening somewhere else entirely. Chevron (CVX) has dropped hard from its 2026 high, pulled down by cooling oil prices and a fading war premium. Even ...

SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI, July 6 (Reuters) - Indian state refiners Indian Oil Corp and Hindustan Petroleum Corp have together purchased about 7 million barrels of crude oil through tenders last week, trade

Investing.com -- The Trump administration is expanding its effort to reduce federal regulations, proposing to eliminate 702 existing rules across government agencies as part of its latest deregulatory agenda, Bloomberg reported.

Investing.com -- Wolfe Research upgraded Chevron to "Outperform" from "Peer Perform," saying a recent pullback in the oil major's shares has created an attractive entry point as improving long-term free cash flow prospects are not fully reflected in the stock price.

Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed as we get ready to end the holiday-shortened trading week, with the country preparing to celebrate the 250th birthday of our democratic republic. The stock market will be closed on Friday for the federal holiday, kicking off a long weekend to jump-start the holiday fun. All of the ... Here Are Thursday’s Best Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Adobe, Chevron, Dana, Honeywell Aerospace, Mobility Global, Ni Source, Palantir, SpaceX, and More

National Grid will get a 35% stake in Joulent, which is developing contracted power generation and high-voltage infrastructure for U.S. customers that require substantial amounts of power.

The Iran war handed Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Chevron (CVX) their sharpest stock surge in years. Then the peace dividend arrived, and it had the opposite effect. West Texas Intermediate prices fell to about $69 a barrel on June 28, its lowest since late February. This happened as tanker traffic ...

The AI data center boom has created an unusual power shortage, and oil companies are stepping in to supply the needed power using their extra natural gas. Chevron (CVX) became the latest to join that dynamic on June 22, when it announced a 20-year agreement with Microsoft (MSFT) to supply ...

Gasoline prices were expected to be the easy part of the oil market cooldown. With crude prices falling from April highs and moving closer to pre-war levels, consumers expected faster relief at the pump. Instead, gasoline prices have stayed sticky, turning a market move into a political fight. ...