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Oil at $101 but could Strait of Hormuz crisis push prices to $200?

Escalating Middle East conflict has choked the world’s busiest oil passage, pushing crude prices past $100 per barrel with warnings of a surge to $167 or higher. A prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatens a severe energy and trade shock, potentially reducing global trade growth significantly and deepening economic uncertainty worldwide.

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