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Oil prices rise for second session on continued Middle East supply concern

Global Published 29 September 2026, 07:49 · archived 29 Sep 2026

Oil prices rose for a second successive session on Tuesday as lingering concern over Middle East supply disruption brought about by US-Iran conflict ​outweighed signs of recovering crude exports from the region. Brent crude futures had ‌risen 63 cents, or 0.6%, to $105.91 a barrel by 0002 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate crude was at $93.32, up 72 cents, or 0.8%. Qatar-linked LNG traffic thru Hormuz picks up “A clearer picture is emerging of higher oil export ​volumes leaving the Gulf, but much of that increase still relies on ​workarounds such as ship-to-ship transfers. Those methods are ...

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