Oil Prices Fall Sharply After Iran Says Strait of Hormuz Is Open
But analysts said it was not clear how quickly the oil industry in the Persian Gulf would be able to get back to normal.

But analysts said it was not clear how quickly the oil industry in the Persian Gulf would be able to get back to normal.
NBC News correspondents Brian Cheung, Monica Alba, Richard Engel and Courtney Kube report on Iran’s decision to open the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic. Energy industry analyst John Kilduff breaks down how oil markets are reacting to the announcement.
At least eight oil tankers raced toward the Strait of Hormuz in the hours after Iran’s foreign minister said the vital waterway was fully open to shipping.
Oil prices dropped dramatically on Friday as Iran announced that it was opening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil shipping lane. International benchmark Brent crude plummeted 12 percent while U.S. benchmark WTI fell an even more dramatic 14 percent as of Friday morning. The war in Iran and subsequent closure of the Strait sent oil prices skyrocketing in…
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