{"id":77031,"date":"2026-08-12T18:44:50","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/12\/crude-oil-edges-lower-as-efforts-to-revive-u-s-iran-talks-gain-pace\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:44:50","slug":"crude-oil-edges-lower-as-efforts-to-revive-u-s-iran-talks-gain-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/12\/crude-oil-edges-lower-as-efforts-to-revive-u-s-iran-talks-gain-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude Oil Edges Lower As Efforts To Revive U.S.-Iran Talks Gain Pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> Crude oil prices have inched lower on Wednesday after Pakistan announced initiating efforts to bring the U.S. and Iran back to the negotiating table. In addition, traders opted to book profits made from the recent trading sessions.<\/p>\n<p>WTI Crude Oil for September month delivery was last seen trading down by $0.22 (or 0.26%) at $82.98 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">The impasse over the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz continues.<\/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 Edges Lower As Efforts To Revive U.S.-Iran Talks Gain Pace<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-08-12 18:44:50<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crude oil prices have inched lower on Wednesday after Pakistan announced initiating efforts to bring the U.S. and Iran back to the negotiating table. In addition, traders opted to book&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77031","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=77031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/77032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}