{"id":77084,"date":"2026-08-13T18:37:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/13\/crude-oil-tumbles-amid-concerns-over-decreasing-demand-despite-ongoing-u-s-iran-standoff\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T18:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T18:37:44","slug":"crude-oil-tumbles-amid-concerns-over-decreasing-demand-despite-ongoing-u-s-iran-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/2026\/08\/13\/crude-oil-tumbles-amid-concerns-over-decreasing-demand-despite-ongoing-u-s-iran-standoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude Oil Tumbles Amid Concerns Over Decreasing Demand Despite Ongoing U.S.-Iran Standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"divBody\">\n<div id=\"ctl00_CPI_dvBody\">\n<p> After inching lower yesterday, crude oil prices continued to slump on Thursday following similar reports from energy agencies indicating that global oil demand is set to fall more heavily than previous expectations. The ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict and the resultant supply concerns limited the decline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fade-paragraph\">WTI Crude Oil for September month delivery was last seen trading down by $1.76 (or 2.11%) at $81.51 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 Tumbles Amid Concerns Over Decreasing Demand Despite Ongoing U.S.-Iran Standoff<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>2026-08-13 18:37:44<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After inching lower yesterday, crude oil prices continued to slump on Thursday following similar reports from energy agencies indicating that global oil demand is set to fall more heavily than&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77084","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=77084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/77085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pantheregroup.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}