{"id":76786,"date":"2026-08-06T18:40:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/06\/crude-oil-soars-as-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-vessels-re-ignite-middle-east-tensions\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:40:57","slug":"crude-oil-soars-as-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-vessels-re-ignite-middle-east-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/06\/crude-oil-soars-as-houthi-attacks-on-saudi-vessels-re-ignite-middle-east-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude Oil Soars As Houthi Attacks On Saudi Vessels Re-ignite Middle East Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Partially offsetting the losses from the three previous sessions, crude oil prices have surged on Thursday following attacks on Saudi Arabian tankers in the Red Sea by Houthis, which renewed Middle East tensions, while uncertainty over a deal on the Strait of Hormuz reopening fueled disruption concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">WTI Crude Oil for September month delivery was last seen trading up by $2.11 (or 2.81%) at $77.33 per barrel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall-wrapper\">\n<p><i class=\"bi bi-lock-fill\"\/> Subscribe to continue reading the article.<\/p>\n<p>This article is available exclusively to RTT Biotech Investor and Intelligent Investor subscribers. Subscribe with a RTTNews subscription.<\/p>\n<p>Start Free Trial<\/p>\n<p>FREE 7-Day Trial &#8211; No Payment Required<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Market Analysis<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n        window.fbAsyncInit = function () {\n            FB.init({\n                status: true,\n                cookie: true,\n                xfbml: true\n            });\n        };\n        (function (d) {\n            var js, id = 'facebook-jssdk'; if (d.getElementById(id)) { return; }\n            js = d.createElement('script'); js.id = id; js.async = true;\n            js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js\";\n            d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(js);\n        }(document));\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/>Crude Oil Soars As Houthi Attacks On Saudi Vessels Re-ignite Middle East Tensions<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-08-06 18:40:57<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Partially offsetting the losses from the three previous sessions, crude oil prices have surged on Thursday following attacks on Saudi Arabian tankers in the Red Sea by Houthis, which renewed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":76787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/76787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}