$100 Oil? A Prolonged Hormuz Closure Could Trigger a 1970s-Style Energy Shock

Explore the strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz and how escalating tensions could impact global oil markets and ...

Oil markets are bracing for $100 barrels and a redux of a 1970s-era crisis but ‘three times the scale,’ analyst warns

U.S. gas prices rose 40% as a result of the 1973 oil shock, and prices at the pump are threatening to increase again as a result of the U.S. and Israeli strike on Iran.