Oil hits $108 as Gulf states postpone talks with Iran over Hormuz

Deferred meeting on vital waterway comes on top of Saudi pipeline closure following drone attack last week

Source: Financial Times

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DW NOTE

The Strait has been effectively shut since February. Talks being postponed isn't news — the blockade continuing is the news. At $108 Brent and 5.7 million barrels per day in lost supply, the market is pricing a closure that shows no sign of ending, not the theatre of diplomacy around it.

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