Goldman Sachs said on Monday that Brent crude could top $120 a barrel in the fourth quarter this year and average $100 a barrel next year if flows through the Strait of Hormuz remain disrupted and Gulf output only fully recovers by the end of 2027. Oil prices softened on Tuesday, with markets weighing reports of mediation efforts between the US and Iran against an exchange of fresh attacks between the two and threats of a naval blockade of Saudi Arabia by Yemen's Houthis.

Brent crude tops $90 as US-Iran attacks rattle the Strait of Hormuz, stoking supply fears, inflation risks and questions over how high oil prices could go.

Amid ongoing military clashes between the United States and Iran, Brent crude oil prices rose by more than two per cent on Monday, July ...

Global energy markets have been jolted this month — with Brent surging back above $91 a barrel