Oil prices swing wildly as Iran war threatens transport routes and production across Middle East 92.7%
AP News - By Alex Veiga, Elaine Kurtenbach, Wyatte Grantham-Philips - 3/9/2026, 2:40 AM
The widening Iran war has upended oil production and shipping across the Middle East, straining energy supplies worldwide. Those disruptions caused oil to spike Monday, only for it to swiftly fall back after President Donald Trump suggested the war could be near an end. The price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, briefly... more